Sentences with phrase «vote majority without»

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The strategy is intended to produce a bipartisan majority vote for Mr. Brennan in the Senate Intelligence Committee without giving its members seven additional legal opinions on targeted killing sought by senators and while protecting what the White House views as the confidentiality of the Justice Department's legal advice to the president.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

«The merger can not be completed without approval by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of EMC and an abstention or failure to vote will have the same effect as a vote against the merger.»

It can be done at a shareholder meeting, by unanimous consent of shareholders, or even by majority shareholder consent «without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote,» Bouchard wrote.

Election rules give the center - left a solid majority in the lower house, despite its slim advantage in terms of votes, but without the Senate it will not be able to pass legislation.

But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly at odds with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on whether or not to use reconciliation and pass another major bill without any Democratic votes.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

Even though he owned 42 % of the stock and Seward owned 42 % of the stock, Robert wanted majority voting power so he could reign without contest.

If enough of congress voted on it (greater than 2 / 3rds majority), we elect a racist president, and the Supreme Court just rubber stamped it without reading, the 13th amendment COULD be repealed, and slavery could be «allowed» again by federal law.

Trump is hated by our elites and was elected without a majority of votes.

Aware that the party couldn't achieve a parliamentary majority without low - caste votes, its leaders were at pains throughout their anti-Muslim campaigns to present Hindu nationalism to low - caste Hindus as an egalitarian ideology.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

That proposal was supported by the majority of Football League chairmen, who voted in favour of a points sanction on the basis that the club emerged from administration without a valid CVA, despite the fact a valid CVA was unachieveable.

Even though Republicans are in the majority, it's a very slim majority, and they just don't have the votes to make large changes to the Federal budget without Democrats support.

made Pedro Espada majority leader back in 2009 without having to vote for him.

You can not form a government without involving parties that represent a majority of the electorate, every vote counts and gerrymandering also becomes a non-issue.

yes i know New labour is better off without me and I agree... sadly for me and brown to day selling new labour, the majority not the minority a well known BNP speak, I going to vote for the Tories.

(there must be a mandarin's memo dealing with this) A new rule stipulating that there can be no dissolution without a (simple) majority vote in the Commons would in effect write this into law.

Americans regularly elect presidents without a majority vote under the electoral college: Truman (1948), Kennedy (1960), Nixon (1968), Clinton (1992, 1996), and George W. Bush (2000).

The Conservatives won overall control of more than 30 councils — mostly, it should be noted, councils without a single party majority before the vote.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

There is no clear seat incumbency or size of majority effect — without taking the size of majority into account the incumbent party receives a 1.7 % boost in vote share.

Paterson was referring to Skelos» insistence that his conference will continue to vote in a block against the extenders, even though two Democrats — Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr. — have said they won't vote «yes» any longer, essentially leaving the majority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a sMajority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr. — have said they won't vote «yes» any longer, essentially leaving the majority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a smajority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a shutdown.

The Senate has a threadbare majority and an utter lack of consensus brought about by the voters of this state deciding to vote for who they wanted where without regard to party or who needs enough votes to pass bills.

Indeed, even if Mr. Felder were to side with Democrats, Republicans argue that rules might not allow a change in majority leadership, because rules can not be changed without 38 votes, beyond even unified Democrats.

That leaves Democrats without a majority or enough votes to pass any bills and points to the political element of the Espada investigation.

(f) The final option would be if both Labour and the Conservatives were too far from an overall majority to form a government without the Liberal Democrats, and that the Lib Dems (coming either first or second in the popular vote, though still third in number of seats) decide not to allow either to form a functioning government.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a Party nomination for public office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.

Both parties will whip their Parliamentary Parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.

The vast majority of SACREs in England and Wales now include a humanist alongside religious representatives, but some, like the Vale of Glamorgan, still refuse membership to humanists, or else only admit humanists as co-opted members without voting rights.

Others are so innocuous or enjoy such broad support that they make it to the floor for a vote without any roadblocks, and pass by large majorities.

We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.»

That move raised the prospect of a shutdown, since without Republican votes, Senate Democrats, who have a 32 - to - 30 majority in the chamber, must act unanimously to pass legislation.

The Conservatives will have a significant majority whoever leads them and the opposition vote will splinter — to the SNP in Scotland and in the rest of the country a smattering to Labour, a rump to UKIP and loose change to a Liberal Democrat party that left power regretting it so much that it fled without a credible position to challenge from.

Without it, the GOP would have only 31 votes — one short of a majority.

Without it, the the GOP would have only 31 votes — one short of a majority.

Seddio picked Kavanagh without calling on members of the county committee, which he oversees, to vote on the nomination, as had taken place in Manhattan over the weekend, where Paul Newell, a district leader in Lower Manhattan, took the majority of the votes, a spokesman for the party confirmed.

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

On occasion, election thresholds have resulted in a party winning an outright majority of seats without winning an outright majority of votes, the sort of outcome that a proportional voting system is supposed to prevent.

The new majority previously attempted to vote on these without discussion, but my efforts working across the aisle forced committee discussions.

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

When it came time for the final vote, I joined a majority of Legislators from four political parties to adopt a budget without a tax increase.

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.

The IDC has since 2012 been allied with Senate Republicans, which currently holds the bare number of votes to control the majority without the IDC's eight members.

Without Monserrate, Democrats maintain a slim 31 - 30 majority, but now lack the 32 votes to pass anything without RepublicaWithout Monserrate, Democrats maintain a slim 31 - 30 majority, but now lack the 32 votes to pass anything without Republicawithout Republican help.

The reason the party did not win a majority, he said, was because not enough people trusted the party with their vote and that more reassurance needed to be given to swing voters so that they could vote Conservative with confidence and without fear.

Bleary - eyed legislators from both houses expressed optimism that they would be voting through the final bills Wednesday afternoon, but Cuomo emerged at 6 p.m. — without Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie or Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — to inform the public that there was no deal.

Because the STEM Jobs Act H.R. 6429 was brought directly to the House floor, without first going through a committee, it required a two - thirds majority vote to pass.

Anecdotally, it's long been said that the majority of Oscar voters fill out their ballots and send them in right away, and while there's no proof of this, if it's true, that could mean that most voters cast their Best Actor votes without knowing anything about the Franco allegations.