Sentences with phrase «vote majority after»

Democrats hold narrow leads in the two undecided races, which would give them a one - vote majority after Mr. Felder's defection.

Not exact matches

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

The House of Commons is set to approve the measures with a big majority after the pacifist leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he would allow his lawmakers a free vote, rather than impose a party whip.

The chair of the county's GOP said he first realized there could be a big flip in the vote after the state's April primary, in which Trump attracted the vast majority of Luzerne County voters.

The rebels won the British parliamentary vote by 307 to 294 votes, a majority of 13, after they received support from the Labour Party, a generally pro-European group accused by Cameron of «rank opportunism».

Vivendi's chances of securing a board majority are fading, especially after three proxy advisors recommended backing Elliott's candidates ahead of the April vote, saying the French group had been damaging for governance and shareholder returns.

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

What's more, a deficit - increasing bill can rely on the reconciliation process — the process that allows a simple majority vote in the Senate — only if it does not raise deficits in years after the 10 - year budget window, which means the tax breaks here would have to be temporary.

In particular, companies should be allowed to introduce dual - class shares after they have gone public, subject to a majority - of - minority shareholder vote.

Regardless of the «he said, she said» narrative, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; a bill would require drafting, after which it would need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

Regardless, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; the bill will require drafting, after which it will need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

After the majority of TSX firms voluntarily agreed to various forms of majority voting, the TSX passed amendments so that remaining firms would adopt a form of majority voting and set some minimum conditions.

After the vote, the majority, under the leadership of Ascension's rector John A. Pedler, assumed charge of the property and repainted the church's sign from «Episcopal» to «Anglican Catholic.»

It is all about hiding, disguising the truth until it becomes of the past just as that as did that unlawful country was recognized by the USA with out the UN majority vote and UN members were to face the Reality that the USA is taking advantage of her majority states and voting power rather than the majority of the UN member countries no matter how small or poor they are although at that time the majority of member countries were under occoupation or protection of USA and Allies and after the WW1 & 2!

Exit polls also indicated that Trump swung the Catholic vote back to the GOP by a 52 percent to 45 percent margin, after a majority of Catholics sided with Obama in the previous two elections.

A few weeks ago, after Ireland voted to approve so - called «same - sex marriage,» a correspondent sent me an e-mail quoting Cardinal Walter Kasper's comment on the result: «A democratic state has the duty to respect the will of the people, and it seems clear that, if the majority of the people....

After two days» debate and a subsequent telephone conference call, a majority of the panel voted not to nominate the film, and the silence was like a rifle report across the industry.

It is true that Justice Blackmun spoke for a minority on the Court, but it came very close to being a majority (after his resignation from the Court, Justice Lewis Powell said he now thought he should have voted with the dissenters).

As recognition of his wonderful achievements, Ronaldo was recently awarded the prestigious Ballon d'Or award after winning a majority of votes among football journalists and it has to be said that the Portuguese attacker... [Read more...]

After the vote, Burke said he wanted the stronger version but felt the substitute was better positioned to get a majority of the aldermen behind it.

Its laughable that the Senate Democrats don't to take majority until after the budget is done because they don't want to lose votes with their tax and spend agenda.

Speaking with reporters, DeFrancisco after a marathon voting session cited the need for the Republicans to maintain their narrow majority in the Senate.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that the EU vote «makes clear that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union» after all 32 local authority areas returned majorities for Remain.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo set up the IDC as a means to subvert the results of the Election vote, and keep the GOP in control of the NYS Senate, even after Democrats won a majority in the NYS Senate!

British leaders were celebrating a UN vote against the Syrian regime last night, after an overwhelming majority of member states condemned the violence.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

The chamber is controlled by Republicans, but Democrats in the Senate were buoyed after a paper ballot count left their candidate in a Long Island Senate race with a 41 vote advantage, potentially giving them a 32 - person majority.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed the vote on the Republican leadership's health care bill until after the July 4 recess.

«I congratulate all of you,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said shortly after 11 p.m. when the final vote was tallied.

After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.»

Cornyn, who met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.)

Credo political director Murshed Zaheed called Schumer «the worst negotiator in Washington» and said he got «outmaneuvered» by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.).

The Conservatives tend to pile up large majorities in safe seats and because the planned redistribution of seats did not take place after the 2010 election, Labour has a number of seats with below average electorates, making the vote - to - seat ratio work all the more in its favour.

In The Lost Majority, Lord Ashcroft draws on his unique research to explain why the thumping victory the Tories expected never happened: what real voters made of the campaign, why Britain refused Theresa May's appeal for a clear mandate to negotiate Brexit, where the party stands after more than a decade of «modernisation» — and the Tories» mammoth task of building a winning coalition when 13 million votes is not enough for victory.

After all he has already stated that he will respect the public vote — which would (almost) inevitably have the Tories with a majority vote.

(His fellow GOPer, Long Island Rep. Peter King, was a sponsor of the bill and voted «yes» after taking it on the chin from Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner when members of his conference refused to provide sufficient support to reach the majority's two - thirds requirement back in July).

According to Newsweek, Morocco left the predecessor organization after a majority of the members voted to recognize the disputed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR, aka Western Sahara).

The Conservatives» remarkable success in converting coalition into majority government is down to two factors: this was the first governing party to increase its vote share after a full term in office for more than a century and it succeeded in concentrating that vote increase in the seats where it counted.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.)

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Ra say Assembly Majority more interested in «symbolism over substance» and covering backsides after voting for budget that's outraged parents & teachers than informing parents of their rights to refuse to have their kids take tests

Ed Cox, New York state Republican chairman, is the man who, after noting that New York was the first state to cast more than 50 percent of its votes for Donald Trump, passed the microphone to Donald Trump, Jr., who proceeded to cast 89 of New York's 95 delegate votes for his father — the votes that gave the man that most speakers referred to as Donald J. Trump a majority of delegate votes and made him the 2016 Republican presidential nominee.

He has won two Scottish elections, the first as the largest party in a hung parliament and the second in 2011 with an overall majority, which, under the proportional voting system introduced after the 1998 devolution settlement, was forecast as highly improbable.

A majority of Tory MPs had just voted to depose Iain Duncan Smith after a prolonged period of acrimony, division and despair.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed the vote until after the July 4 recess.

If after a vote at Conference i) the proposal from the Commons Party is agreed but ii) the majority is less than 2 / 3rds then, if after further consideration, the Commons Party still wishes to support the arrangement with one or more other parties then at their request the Federal Executive shall arrange a ballot of all Party members pursuant to clause 6.11 or 8.6 of the Constitution, the consent of a majority of those voting shall be taken as giving support to the arrangement.

Even with Labour losing votes term after term, and with a hideously unpopular leader, the Tories couldn't come up with a majority.

The Senate will not vote on a bill that would expand the statute of limitations that would make it easier for sexual abuse victims to file lawsuits, Majority Leader John Flanagan said after a closed - door meeting with legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.