Sentences with phrase «vote down moves»

The party's national executive committee meets today and is expected to vote down moves to change the leadership rules and discuss a review of the general election campaign.

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Regional bourses sagged in the aftermath of the vote, led by Hong Kong and Tokyo which were down 3.17 percent and 1.58 percent respectively by lunchtime Monday as investors retreated while they watch Greece's creditors plan their next move.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

The move is an effort to jam the Legislature in either approving the ethics legislation or voting them down.

The union can survive its current period of volatility, but moves like English votes for English laws and ruling out a UK coalition with the SNP could yet bring it down.

«Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerHow the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel Hillicon Valley: Trump stuns lawmakers with push to help Chinese company Facebook suspends 200 apps over data practices Dems want answers on Cohen payments Senate net neutrality vote coming Wednesday Harry Reid undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer MORE has failed dreamers and let the entire Democratic Party down,» Zaheed said.

There were a few states that tried it in the late 1800's but they were all struck down as unconstitutional because they intended to deny voting rights to people moving to those states to either get away from the destruction in the south, or carpetbagging by yankees in the south.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, voting Tuesday with his wife in Brooklyn, took the rear door of his polling place and avoided activists who say he's moving too slowly to shut down the violence - plagued Rikers Island jails.

In 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votes.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.

The move was an effort to have lawmakers either vote the measures up or down, considering they can not alter what has been introduced in appropriations bills.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

The letter must have been sent before the Judiciary Committee voted along party lines, 8 - 10, last week to advance the RMA, because the HRC press release accompanying the letter credits it for moving the ball down the court.

Washington (CNN)- Sen. Ben Nelson said Friday that he will not support Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, but will vote for the cloture, a move that will help bring the nomination to an up or down vote.

On Election Night Tuesday, Espaillat was down by about 1,800 votes — but said the race was «too close to call» and vowed he'd wait until every paper ballot was counted before making a move.

Tonight's vote is poof that Polanco is making serious moves to pin down support as he puts together a run for Public Advocate.

It will move from a winner - take - all system, where a candidate who wins a majority of votes automatically receives all state delegates, to a system where candidates win a proportionate amount of delegates according to votes broken down by congressional districts.

But others said it came down to not wanting to give the Democrats power to move legislation in the chamber, simiiar to the way Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie wouldn't allow a vote on a mixed martial arts bill unless the Democratic majority had enough votes to pass it on its own.

Riverhead voters didn't buy it; they voted the move down by a margin of 64 percent.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott moved a motion for a «humble address» that demanded publication of all records relating to the Windrush scandal - but the Government will vote down the plea at 7 pm.

Gaetz tried a parliamentary move to save Lee's proposal to add job responsibilities to the state CFO from being voted down.

Following this misguided strategy he will move his legislative colleagues into a zone of maximum political danger by forcing them to vote Day's veto up or down.

«WALL - E» is officially the most overrated film of the year, but that having been said, this is one hell of a ballsy move on the part of the L.A. film critics (whose vote came down a lot earlier than I expected).

While the Senate HELP Committee action is another big step in the legislative process, Senators must agree to move ECAA to the Senate floor for an up - or - down vote.

Submitted stories are commented on and voted on by Reddit users to decide what moves up or down on the front page.

In addition the bias itself was later put down to the fact that the opinion polls had included too many Labour supporters who had lost the right to vote by moving.