Sentences with phrase «vote earlier this month»

The board's 7 - 2 vote earlier this month took place after several months of debate.

The Syracuse Teachers Association voted earlier this month to not endorse any of the city's remaining mayoral candidates.

The Immigration Protection Act has gotten bipartisan support and was passed by the board in a 10 - to - 5 vote earlier this month prior to Astorino's veto.

Graduate students at Columbia University overwhelmingly voted earlier this month to walk off the job to protest the university s decision ag...

Both proposals share common ground in remaking the library's board of directors, which failed to force Galante to take a temporary leave of absence in a 9 - 9 split vote earlier this month.

The $ 80 million error arose when lawmakers voted earlier this month to count as state aid certain money that school districts raise by taxing local property owners.

The Internet Association, which asked the FCC to delay its vote earlier this month, released a statement saying, «The internet industry supports a lasting solution that enshrines strong, enforceable net neutrality protections for consumers into law.

To recover the funds, ethereum developers solicited a community vote early this month, a process that resulted in the decision to «hard fork» its blockchain last week, or implement a change to the code that would return funds to investors.

Not exact matches

With Europe voting to end visa - free travel in March — and Trump responding with new rules for inbound tourists earlier this month — this is a narrative that's still unfolding.

Talk of rate hikes are in the air Wednesday after minutes from the Bank of England's last meeting showed two out of nine board members voted for a rate hike as early as this month, the first time in three years that policymakers have done so.

Monday night's retreat was the second straight failure for McConnell, who had to cancel a vote on an earlier version of his repeal - and - replace bill last month when defeat became inevitable.

(According to the Journal, the business school's faculty will vote on the decision early next month.)

And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.

The report was bolstered by a leaked NSA document published by The Intercept earlier this month detailing how hackers connected to Russian military intelligence had attempted to breach US voting systems days before the election.

LONDON — The arrival of the Bank of England's new governor has prompted an immediate change in the voting behaviour of the central bank's policymaking panel, with all nine members deciding to maintain the status quo, minutes to their meeting earlier this month showed Wednesday.

Earlier this month, for example, Hewlett - Packard Co. shareholders voted down a proposal that would have changed the Palo Alto company's bylaws to allow investors to nominate directors.

Even worse, separate primary elections are held in each state over six months, meaning states that vote early have far greater influence over the outcome as underperforming candidates drop out

But political scientists ought to be able to track how people voted over most of the month of October between heavy absentee voting and early voting.

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, who rode evangelical support to victory in the first - in - the - nation Iowa caucuses earlier this month, each got 21 % of the evangelical vote in South Carolina.

According to a Pew Research Study from earlier this month, only 16 percent of evangelical voters said they would vote for her.

By unanimous vote the district board earlier this month approved plans to go ahead with the park, joining a handful of other south suburbs that have opened dog parks in recent years.

Earlier this month, the Mokena Village Board voted 4 - 3 not to annex the unincorporated Park District land because some members said they dislike the district's plans.

A House rules committee voted 8 - 7 earlier this month to kill a midwifery bill he sponsored that would have allowed its practice by health care workers with specialized training, a relaxation of current law - which requires midwives to have registered nursing degrees.

Village trustees voted to award the contract for Orland Park's fixed - rate electricity program to a new supplier, FirstEnergy, at a board meeting Monday, as long as the village can reach an agreement with current provider Nordic Energy Services to end its contract May 1, a month early.

Fight Back PAC, the political action committee formed with the sole purpose of ousting senators who voted «no» on gay marriage last December and replacing them with «yes» voters, sent out an early - morning e-mail with the subject line: «8 Months + $ 800,000 = 3 New Votes for Marriage Equality!»

This very aspect of the bill drove lords to vote against the government earlier this month, when it emerged Grayling had misled the Commons by saying the courts retained discretion in exceptional circumstances.

A longtime push for early voting in New York took a step forward this month, with Republican Sen. Betty Little backing a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots up to two weeks before Election Day.

Two - three months away from the beginning of early / absentee voting, begin grassroots canvassing operation, facilitated by technology if possible.

Cuomo earlier this month told reporters he was skeptical measures such as voting and ethics reforms could pass in the Legislature, a position Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins rejected.

Republican Sen. Betty Little earlier this month introduced a bill that would provide for early voting.

The U.S. Senate cleared a budget deal early this morning after Congress missed a deadline to prevent the second government shutdown in less than a month, thanks to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's delaying a vote past midnight.

The state Board of Elections earlier this month had considered a change in the regulation, but the commissioners deadlocked in a vote.

The New York State United Teachers union sent a $ 25,000 check to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee March 22 — eight days after the vote — and another $ 60,000 earlier this month, records show.

But at 20 % the party's share of the first preference vote was well up on what might have been anticipated from the polls two months earlier.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) on Monday announced that he has joined fellow elected officials who represent other so - called racetrack communities in sending a letter to Cuomo, calling on him to get behind the new NYRA restructuring plan — which the NYRA Board voted in favor of earlier this month.

That doesn't bode well for the crowded field of candidates who have been attempting to woo voters in the country's two earliest voting states for months now.

Earlier this month, he voted against a Republican - supported measure attacking a United Nations» resolution that censured the Jewish State for its settlement activity in the West Bank.

Miliband allied with Tory eurosceptics to defeat the prime minister in a Commons vote on the EU budget earlier this month.

After months of delays and frustration, the state Senate early Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan state budget that will be voted on by the House later today, where broad support is expected, too.

Navalny is a stringent Kremlin critic who earlier this month won 27 % of the vote in Moscow mayoral elections, and who has himself been accused of racist statements.

The 26 board members of the New Visions Democratic Club — which Peralta has been a member of since it began in 2002 — voted unanimously to kick him out as long as he remains a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, which he joined earlier this month.

Earlier this month, Shafran's campaign said city labor unions, including the Working Families Party, Central Labor Council and Hotel Trades Council, voted to endorse him.

Mr. Balboni was also asked about Mr. Bruno; senators will vote to re-elect Mr. Bruno as temporary president of the Senate when they return to Albany early next month.

The Public Employees Federation's executive board earlier this month voted to bar former President Susan Kent and Secretary - Treasurer Carlos Garcia from engaging in any union activity — including running for office or voting in union elections — for four and five years, respectively.

Earlier this month Lib Dem MPs voted to triple the maximum cap on tuition fees.

Earlier this month Labour was pushed into third place by the Tories and Liberal Democrats in terms of overall vote share during the local elections in England and Wales.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee blasted Mr. Donovan earlier this month for voting for a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks.

Earlier this month, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz issued a negative recommendation to the City Planning Commission, which will vote on the Related Companies proposal on Oct. 19.

33 states offer some form of expanded voting hours or early voting, with some giving voters a chance to choose their candidates one month before the first Tuesday in November.

Speculation arose last week that Democrat Paul Vallone, who came in third in the Sept. 15 primary with 22 percent of the vote, would run on the Republican line, replacing Auburndale attorney Dan Halloran after a story surfaced earlier this month about Halloran's leadership in a pre-Christian pagan religion.