Sentences with phrase «vote at a session»

Four years earlier the other two households had left, angry with each other and the church over a vote at a session meeting.

The Legislature should take the right vote at session and allow the ILDC to approve these exemptions.

Not exact matches

Less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school, the state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.

Lawmakers voted down a motion to consider the ban during a session that opened with a prayer for the 17 people killed by a former student last Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Parliament officials said the draft legislation is expected to be debated at a Parliamentary committee Thursday, with a view to it being voted on in the plenary session on Sunday.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

Delegates line up to cast their votes during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, March 11, 2018

After all, it was only three years from the time that femi and gays first zapped the APA at a behavior therapy session to the time that the Board of Trustees voted in 1973 to approve removing homi from the list of mental disorders.

At the end of the session, a proposal to add a character clause to the Hall's bylaws was put to a vote.

But these were rejected by his fellow MEPs in the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) last week, meaning only the objection to sugary baby food was put to the vote at today's plenary session in Strasbourg.

From our colleagues at YNN Buffalo, here's a quick question - and - answer session with Republican Congressional hopeful David Bellavia after he voted today.

As voting was underway last week, Felder declared he would remain with Republicans in the Senate at least through the end of the legislative session in June, giving the GOP the needed 32nd member in the 63 - seat Senate.

Lawmakers in the Senate began voting on budget bills Thursday evening, concluding work at around 9:30 this morning, making for a 17 - hour session.

Sen. Cathy Young in a radio interview on Wednesday said she is hopeful a vote will be held on her proposal to reform sexual harassment laws in the state at some point in the coming legislation session.

The Sensible Opportunity for Legislative Equality bill would allow each member to bring a bill that's been discharged from committee to the floor for a vote at least once during a two - year legislative session.

Despite the stagecraft of theoretical debates that don't end in votes, the partisan gridlock, the inertia that seemed to settle over the Capitol dome at times, bills did get passed, especially in the final, frenzied days of the 22 - week session.

The newer set of bills, S8111 / A10709, could be voted on in either house at short notice as the end of session nears.

Bills are passed across the Senate desk to be voted on during session on Monday, June 19, 2017, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

The current legislative session concludes at the end of June and an online poker bill needs to pass three Assembly committees before making it to a floor vote, although, as Tuesday's vote proved, such hurdles can be cleared relatively quickly if the will is there.

He noted that the vote came in a special December session, and there was no opportunity to amend it at that time.

Both the Senate Republicans and the Assembly Democrats are scheduled to hold reorganizational conferences while they're in Albany, at which the issue of leadership will be discussed (a formal vote won't be taken until the 2011 session starts in January).

Today's strategy session on gay marriage hosted at the Capitol by Gov. Andrew Cuomo focused mainly on what to do about the Senate, where the bill came to the floor for a full - house vote just once back in December 2009 and died, 38 - 24.

Before the vote at their Tuesday work session, board members said fire and police officials should enforce the policy strictly during all parades.

At the July 30 session, the Legislature voted 11 - 0 to approve a local law that would ban the sale of face washes, toothpastes and any products that contain tiny plastic microbeads.

Albany — At a time of federal attacks on healthcare funding, New York legislators should take action to protect and expand healthcare access by sponsoring and voting on New York Health this session.

The draft law, still subject to a public hearing and a vote, was announced at an East Hampton Town Board work session Wednesday and would:

The Town Board, which discussed the event with Mr Rodgers at its work session Thursday, is expected to vote on a resolution to approve the August event at its formal meeting Tuesday, and board members appear to support the event.

When the session broke up around midnight last night without a vote on marriage equality, the News» Ken Lovett reported that gay activists actually hissed at senators.

The Town of Ulster board will meet in special session Thursday, October 26 at 7 p.m. to vote on whether to release the contents of a police dashboard camera regarding a charge of speeding against county legislator Jennifer Schwartz Berky on May 24.

I completely agree with voters and will be voting against the recommendations at the Nov. 6 session.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon is pleased to announce that a unanimous vote taken by the Legislature at its Thursday, June 26, 2014 session secured Summer Primetime funding for several youth centers benefiting Hamburg, Lackawanna and South Buffalo residents.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any such committee, by a two - thirds vote of the members present and voting shall have the right to hold an executive session or to exclude members of the public who fail to conduct themselves as required by this section; such vote may be made at any time.

«We'll be using interactive technology to let people - both inside and outside the conference hall - voice their opinions on the big screen throughout all the sessions, and we'll be holding a live vote at the end of the shorter debates.»

In order to get that referendum on the ballot, the county legislature would need to vote on the law at a special session or or before Sept. 1.

Given that this was the decade that saw two whole parliamentary sessions without a single vote being cast against their whip by a member of the governing party, this observation was at least more accurate then than modern - day attempts to paint politicians as a bunch of spineless sheep.

All 32 Democrats are expected to be on hand when the Senate gavels in for the (scheduled) 10 a.m. session this morning, but Sen. Bill Stachowski told The Buffalo News he won't vote for a one - house SUNY empowerment plan, which means his vote — at least — can't be counted on for the revenue bill.

At the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led AssemblyAt the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assemblyat the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly).

In the first analysis of its kind in 2018, the Brennan Center's Voting Laws Roundup shows that lawmakers in eight states have introduced at least 16 bills making it harder to vote, and 35 restrictive bills in 14 states have carried over from previous legislative sessions.

There's a possibility that some Democratic lawmakers will be so upset at lack of a session and subsequent vote on a raise that they'll sit out the governor's State of the State speech in January.

While last week's vote on the Government's Article 50 bill at second reading was widely described as «historic», the sessions between Monday and Wednesday could have a big impact on how Theresa May negotiates Brexit.

They are expected to vote on it before the end of session, but it really is unclear if they are going to at this point.

At this session, the lieutenant governor was a member of the minority party, and the Democratic majority voted to appoint the committees by ballot.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz is postponing a vote and not guaranteeing any debate at all on tolls before the end of the legislative session.

If her name is not withdrawn, the Legislature would be required by law to vote on her appointment at the April 26th session.

Stewart received the largest number of votes, [2] but the election inspectors made a false vote count and certified the election of Weill who was seated at the beginning of the session of the 121st New York State Legislature in January 1898.

Assemblyman Phil Steck looks up at the vote tally board during session in the Assembly on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Members of the New York State Assembly vote on budget bills while in session at the Capitol Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

The Senate held a two - minute session in the afternoon at a time when members were expressing confidence that they might begin voting in a few hours.

In another county matter, the Legislature took a vote at the April 10 session that was critical for the sake of Erie County taxpayers.

Midway through the afternoon on what was supposed to be the final day of the 2016 legislative session, lawmakers began to receive word that they should plan to remain at the Capitol on Friday — partly due to the steady crush of last - minute voting, but mainly because agreements on a handful of top agenda items remained elusive.