They'll
vote on amendments at 9 pm and third reading by 10 pm.
The Legislature will take the next month to identify changes we wish to make to the County Executive's budget and
vote on any amendments at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Annual Budget Meeting.
And of course, they don't have to
vote on amendments at all.
voted no to preserve special privileges to call
another vote on the amendment at any time.
But it's hard to measure how many people will actually
vote on the amendment at all.
Not exact matches
He yielded the floor
at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold
votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.
The affirmative
vote of the majority of the
votes cast by holders of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy
at the Annual Meeting will be required to approve the
amendment of the 2004 Plan, provided that the total
votes cast
on the proposal represent over 50 % of the outstanding stock entitled to
vote on the proposal.
Whereas the current Code merely calls for a statement to be published
on the company's website in response to shareholder concerns when a say -
on - pay fails to receive majority support, the Senate's
amendment would require companies to prepare and present a report
at the next general meeting detailing how it took the shareholder
vote into consideration.
These so - called «broker non-
votes» will be included in the calculation of the number of
votes considered to be present
at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be considered in determining the number of
votes necessary for approval and will have no effect
on the outcome of the
vote for Directors, the advisory
vote on executive compensation, the
amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the shareholder proposals.
This power, in place until
at least 2018 under Congressional authorization, allows the President to send trade deals through Congress without
amendment while leaving the House of Representatives and Senate the authority to simply
vote up or down
on the finished result.
Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later
on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws
at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No»
vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would
vote against the
amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No»
vote, and that was the eventual outcome.
Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the
amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted
amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the
amendment, but I did not urge people to
vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to
vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of
at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes»
vote on the
amendment.
The lobby team
at my last nonpofit (enviro) job drove home this observation repeatedly, putting the procedural victories and losses along the legislative way in perspective — sure, the Senate might strip a critical provision out or add in something nasty while
voting on floor
amendments, but the matter really wasn't settled until conference.
«What I did was I
voted for a couple of
amendments which were kind of conscience clauses for the likes of registrars and so
on, which didn't get past, but that wouldn't have slowed it down
at all,» he says.
As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised
at the time; in the main debate
on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops
voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking
amendment.
Angered
at the huge spending increases
at the center of the deal, Paul delayed passage for hours with a demand to
vote on an
amendment that would keep in place strict caps
on spending that the deal would raise.
The first of two ways an
amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes
at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first
vote to place a constitutional
amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must
vote on it and pass it by referendum.
In 2014, Tedisco sponsored, promoted and helped pass with 77 % of the
vote statewide Proposition 2, a constitutional
amendment to save millions of tax dollars by stopping the wasteful printing of paper copies of legislation and allow digital copies to suffice
on legislators» desks
at the Capitol.
Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an
amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked
at a
vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement
on the state budget.
In 2014, I sponsored, promoted and helped pass with 77 percent of the
vote statewide Proposition 2, a constitutional
amendment to save millions of tax dollars by stopping the wasteful printing of paper copies of legislation and allow digital copies to suffice
on legislators» desks
at the Capitol,» said Tedisco.
The proposed
amendment to section 14 of Article 3 of the State Constitution would allow electronic distribution of a state legislative bill to satisfy the constitutional requirement that a bill be printed and
on the desks of state legislators
at least three days before the Legislature
votes on it.
At the same time, Cuomo did not initially knock Republicans in the state Senate for
voting down a series of hostile
amendments on Wednesday that would have banned bump stocks and strengthened background checks.
«While the Convention Question won't be
on the front of the ballot where it should be, voters will
at least be urged to turn the ballot over to
vote on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention and
on two
Amendments proposed by the Legislature.
The problem is not so much that a number of Conservatives
voted against the government - in fact, rebel Tory
votes tipped the balance only once, in the unusual circumstances of the multiple rebellion
on the European Economic Area
amendment - or even that rather more Conservative peers didn't
vote at all, because the government whips managed to bring in more than usual.
On Tuesday, December 18, 2012
at 6:30 pm,
at the Brookhaven Town Board meeting, the Board members will have the opportunity to
vote to support a resolution that calls for a 28th
Amendment to the United States Constitution that states «corporations are not people and money is not speech».
At the end of proceedings
on the European Union Bill yesterday, there was an opportunity for the Commons to debate and
vote on the
amendment from Wellingborough MP Peter Bone, which he wrote about here
on ConHome last month.
In November, voters will be able to approve a constitutional
amendment that will require district lines to be drawn by an independent, bipartisan commission and
at least three members who were not appointed by the majority conferences in either house must approve a plan before the Legislature
votes on it, a key barrier to partisan gerrymandering.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited a historic home in Fayetteville to unveil a bipartisan bill aimed
at promoting education about the women's suffrage movement
on the 100th anniversary of the 19th
Amendment giving women the right to
vote.
The results echo those recorded
at the ballot nine months ago, when Capital Region voters narrowly
voted no
on Proposition 1, the constitutional
amendment authorizing the state to issue seven new casino licenses in select regions.
At Conference, you can
vote on motions and
amendments.
He said there were discussions going
on about trying to draft an
amendment that would attract enough support to pass
on securing a more meaningful
vote at the end of the negotiating process.
«VLTs
at resorts are more likely to be dealt with, if
at all, after the constitutional
amendment authorizing gaming is
voted on by the voters.»
Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans
on contentious issues such as a constitutional
amendment for independent redistricting and a
vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed
votes (it was even joked about
at the LCA Show in May).
FILE PHOTO The Greenport Village Board is expected to
vote on a zoning code
amendment at Monday night's meeting.
A Siena College poll released last week shows that 62 percent of voters statewide support having a convention in 2019,
at which elected delegates would propose and
vote on constitutional
amendments.
Weinstein would need two other
votes on the five - member board to pass any
amendment, including from
at least one of the board's three Democrats.
The House of Lords will start debating the Article 50 bill
on Monday with
amendments tabled to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK, for greater scrutiny
on the process and for a «meaningful
vote»
at the end of Brexit negotiations.
At Tuesday's County Legislature meeting the floor was opened for public discourse
on the special order of the day; a
vote on two
amendments to the Laws of Rockland County, both of them intended to aid local veterans.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited a historic home in Fayetteville
on Friday to unveil a bipartisan bill aimed
at promoting education about the women's suffrage movement
on the 100th anniversary of the 19th
Amendment giving women the right to
vote.
Standing
at the bar of the House of Lords with other MPs listening to their debate now - willing them
on to
vote for Lord Ali's
amendment to give Britain a chance to negotiate membership of EEA #brexithaos https://t.co/bfLMCl87CG
Labour peers have been told to abstain
on this
amendment, which means the government can be reasonably confident that it will be able to
vote it down, but, as the Observer reported
at the weekend, more than 40 Labour peers are expected to defy the whip and
vote with Alli.
The LetNYVote coalition is urging Governor Cuomo to commit to including
at least $ 6.4 million in funding for early
voting in the 30 - day
amendments due
on February 15th.
The additional funds appeared in the capital projects budget bill in an
amendment at 10:37 p.m.
on Thursday — just over an hour before the budget deadline, and roughly four overnight hours before it cleared the State Senate by a 59 - 3
vote.
The language: «The proposed
amendment to Section 14 of Article 3 of the State Constitution would allow electronic distribution of a state legislative bill to satisfy the constitutional requirement that a bill be printed and
on the desks of state legislators
at least three days before the Legislature
votes on it.
Commons Speaker John Bercow confirmed he has selected the
amendment to the Government's legislative programme, meaning MPs will have a chance to
vote on it
at the conclusion of the Queen's Speech debate.
By ruling of the presiding officer, or
on motion of any Council member supported by
at least one - third of the Council members present and
voting, any matter
on the agenda that has not yet come to
vote, with the exceptions of a proposed
amendment to the Constitution or a motion to recall an elective member of the Board, may be submitted to the entire Council membership for a mail ballot, or by electronic means, and shall require for its approval a favorable
vote of a majority of the Council members, except that a resolution shall require for its adoption a favorable
vote of two - thirds of those members.
By voice
vote the legislators passed an
amendment to a NSF funding bill for 2015 that says the agency can't spend any money next year
on her project, part of a collaboration with former colleagues
at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where Ahmed did a postdoc.
Senator Jesse Helms, the retiring 81 - year - old Republican conservative from North Carolina, slipped in the
amendment to a farm bill
at the last minute, and it was approved by a voice
vote, which means no one's
vote is
on the record.
South Salt Lake, Utah — The South Salt Lake City Council will
vote on Wednesday for a platt
amendment that will lay the foundation for a possible development that would put a Wal - Mart Store
at the site of the old Granite High building
at 3300 South and 500 East.
At the State Board of Education meeting
on Friday, the board will
vote for the second and final time
on an
amendment to boost the Permanent School Fund capacity multiplier from 3 to 3.25 percent.