Sentences with phrase «vote on matters only»

Cameron is clear that Scotland can have these powers but they will need to be accompanied by balancing reforms elsewhere, in particular provisions to ensure that MPs for non-English seats can not vote on matters only impacting England.

Not exact matches

Basically, no matter which way tonight's vote goes, Greeks on both sides of the question believe the future will only get worse.

Therefore, if you do not provide voting instructions to that organization, it may vote your shares only on Proposal Two and any other routine matters properly presented for a vote at the 2018 Annual Meeting.

The snap ballot came only days after Mrs Merkel changed her long - held stance on the issue by allowing members of her conservative coalition a free vote on the matter.

Which only proves that 69 % of people who vote on baseball matters on the ESPN....

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

On a completely unrelated matter, did anyone else notice that Roberts voted to strike down the federal Stolen Valor Act on the same day Michael Knox Beran thinks John Roberts taught us all a valuable lesson about how judicial review should only very, very rarely be useOn a completely unrelated matter, did anyone else notice that Roberts voted to strike down the federal Stolen Valor Act on the same day Michael Knox Beran thinks John Roberts taught us all a valuable lesson about how judicial review should only very, very rarely be useon the same day Michael Knox Beran thinks John Roberts taught us all a valuable lesson about how judicial review should only very, very rarely be used?

The selection of representatives would be only one part of the agenda, with direct voting on other matters of obvious interest to local residents.

Considering that achieving the greatest good for the greatest number is kind of the point of democracy and any other coercive form of government, I guess you can say that Rand is opposed to the Republic as well, although in public she essentially gutted her own philosophy and said that she was only opposed to people being allowed to vote on matters of private enterprise.

These men of God need to tell their flocks that the devil is loose on us now and they are helping him destroy their country too, but this will never happen when blacks can only see to vote for a black person no matter how flawed he is.

By the time Congress gets to a vote on the debt ceiling, the only option available to rational legislators» no matter how conservative or liberal» is to continue enabling the government shopaholic by increasing Uncle Sam's credit line.

It is argued that as EVEL only applies to matters that are voted on in the House of Commons, it doesn't apply to government and executive decisions.

MPs from outside of England are able to vote on matters that affect only England, while MPs from England are unable to vote on matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.

Sandford rightly notes that — at present — asymmetric regional devolution would therefore not lead to any restrictions on MPs» ability to vote on English - only matters in the House of Commons.

«Neither will we allow the people of these islands, no matter how they voted on June 23rd, to be presented as a reactionary, xenophobic mass whose only concern is somehow taking the UK back to a lost imperial age.

Knocking on doors all the time people say it is outrageous that Scottish MPs, Welsh MPs - whatever it is - vote on matters that only affect South Derbyshire.

So although there is little formal need to rely on any sort of support, and only a narrow number of votes are needed to elect the minimum number of people voting for an amendment, as a practical matter there really needs to be a strong groundswell for an amendment.

Prior to this there had been only one such fatal defeat of a statutory instrument, in 1968, leading to claims of a convention that the Lords should not vote on such matters.

@supercat This is mostly a matter of semantics, I think, but rather than saying that only the votes for the winner matter, I think I would present it as, «Voters effectively get vote on every candidate separately.»

For some, such as most town and village boards, the tax cap is only a matter of optics: on a five - member board, a 60 percent override requires the same three votes as a simple majority needed to approve a budget.

But he also vowed to use the opportunity to secure English votes for English laws, raising the prospect of Scottish MPs being excluded from voting on English - only matters — a key demand of many Conservatives.

A: There is a real anomaly in the way Scottish MPs vote on English matters - but it is only one of countless anomalies in our electoral system, and they all need to be addressed together as part of a new constitutional settlement.

The party leadership wants to accompany enhanced devolution for Scotland with a new rule that Scottish MPs can not vote on matters that only affect people in England.

The Prime Minister has called on the Labour leader to make clear whether he would support measures to stop Scottish MPs voting on matters that only affect people in England.

«The Conservatives, in their rush to protect themselves from an attack from the right, are only concerned about English votes on English matters.

Meanwhile, as part of his proposals for a «new and fair» constitutional settlement, David Cameron has pledged that English matters will only be voted on by English MPs, a proposal that could effectively undermine a future Labour majority in the House of Commons.

Last month Cameron played straight into Nicola Sturgeon's hands by threatening, rather oafishly, to somehow prevent the SNP's MPs voting on English - only matters.

Gorsuch will get on the bench no matter what, but let it be after the GOP ends the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees and with only GOP votes.

«Like his constituents, he only has one vote, and he very much sees his role as ensuring that both sides of the argument are put to the people of Plymouth to enable all to make an informed decision on this very important matter,» says an aide.

Critics of devolution often cite the West Lothian question, which refers to the voting power of non-English MPs on matters affecting only England in the UK Parliament.

When NBC 4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist asked Democrats earlier this month if Spitzer's sex scandal would impact their vote, only 34 % believed it would have an effect on how they cast their ballot, and 62 % reported it would matter little or not at all.

As such, the formation of a coalition government on English - only legislation was a consequence of the ability of Scottish MPs to vote on English matters but English MPs unable to vote on Scottish matters.

He asked delegates whether they thought Scottish MPs should be banned, or not, from voting in Westminster on matters that only affect England.

The term «West Lothian question» refers to issues concerning the former ability of members of parliament from constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to vote on matters that affect only people living in England and therefore have no direct consequence on their constituents, whilst being unable to influence matters that affect their own constituencies.

Like the rest on Wall street, He made his first $ 10 Million Dollar's by inside - trading when Solomon Brother's (where he was a partner) was sold to another company (great inside info only reserved for the member's of the inner - circle who have ton's of shares in the company) who sent him packing (in my opinion a ruse (i.e. bonus) to keep the SEC from sticking their nose into the matter) and with that money started his own business & bought his way into City Hall where he now sits on his throne denying benefits to the familie's of those who sacrificed their lives to help other's on 9/11, threaten the political future of community representatives (Councilmember's) who dared to disagree with him or voted against one of his policie's etc., etc..

He rejected the idea of only allowing English MPs to vote on English matters, saying that would create two classes of MPs.

Progressive opposition to Diaz was splintered, with Elvin García, who served as de Blasio's Bronx borough director as well as his LGBTQ liaison, winning support from the Stonewall Democrats, while Amanda Farias, who has worked for Queens City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, snagged endorsements not only from the Jim Owles Club, but also from Planned Parenthood, Vote Pro Choice, the 504 Democrats, which advocates on disabilities issues, and Black Lives Matter New York.

Politicians like to say that the only poll that matters is the one on election day, but opinion polls shape the narrative of a vote — and the UK's referendum on whether to stay in the European Union is unlikely to be any different.

POLITICIANS like to say that the only poll that matters is the one on election day, but opinion polls shape the narrative of a vote.

The sharply partisan nature of the debate on the House floor this afternoon — only 16 of 146 Republicans supported its passage, along with all 212 Democrats who voted — signaled that the new Republican House leadership won't take kindly to bills that promise large increases in federal spending, no matter how worthy the cause.

PR NEWSWIRE — Aug 14 — Men and women are turning to Internet sites like SideTaker.com not only to ask advice about their problems, but to help decide their arguments, noting it's a cheaper alternative to professional relationship counseling. SideTaker.com allows for both sides of an argument to be voiced simultaneously, letting others vote on who's at fault while giving their own advice in the matter.

Yet at the United Federation of Teachers Delegates Assembly on January 17, 2018, the largest teachers» local in the country, at the leadership's suggestion and after only five minutes of debate, voted against supporting the NYC Black Lives Matter Week of Action.

HB2190 had a meteoric rise and was building momentum as it passed effortlessly through the full House chamber and then through the Senate Education Committee in the matter of only a few short weeks on its way to a vote by the full Senate yesterday.

The only ones that mattered were the votes with RE scores higher than MBH which were thrown out on this new technicality.

I suppose it was only a matter of time, but the ABA Journal reports that the «Florida Board of Bar Examiners voted to review applicants» social networking sites on a case - by - case basis».

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.

Bell said the union has considered a no - confidence vote on Israel, but he said a decision on that matter will be made only after all the information is released.

However, the European Commission only announced its positive vote on the matter last Friday.

As a Tax paying citizen I think it is only right that the public should be allowed to vote on this matter before it is allowed to become public on the world wide web.