Sentences with phrase «vote on policy»

That means that regardless of the size of your operation you pay a flat rate for membership - $ 100 / year - and get one vote on policy issues.

Or he could be truly radical and bring back votes on policy at party conference.

MPs regularly vote on policies which affect other constituencies and not theirs.

This means that people get a chance not just to vote for their representatives but also to vote on policy matters that can affect their lives.

Publically state it, tell others around you to follow suit, vote on policies based upon your tomato belief, etc.... then expect to be rightfully challenged on it.

The Guardian reported on 21 November that registered supporters, who paid # 3 to take part in the leadership election, would be able to vote on policy in online surveys.

This weekend when Liberals are voting on policy resolutions, delegates should ask themselves a series of questions:

Robert Jackson recently discussed an SEC staff ruling that the ordinary business exception for shareholder proposals under Rule 14a - 8 did not justify excluding a proposal recommending that the board disclose and let shareholders vote on its policies related to corporate political spending.

Embedded in an omnibus transparency and economic modernisation bill (known colloquially as «Sapin 2»), this amendment institutes two separate binding votes on remuneration; a forward looking vote on policy, and a backward looking vote on variable and exceptional pay amounts.

Even now, the supposedly free - speech press mocks Lib Dems for voting on policy, typically by saying they're «washing their dirty laundry in public».

This analysis indicates if Kennedy were voting on policy grounds only, he too would be a solid vote to overturn.

We pride ourselves that the Lib Dems are the only major party in Great Britain where ordinary members get an opportunity to vote on policy as equals.

Unlike their counterparts in the Labour party, the SNP, and especially the Lib Dems, rank - and - file members of the Conservative party still don't get to vote on its policy platform.

Savino said she wants to see changes to the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) that votes on policy changes.

This was their chance to set out their stall for the campaign ahead, elect various internal committees, train hundreds of potential candidates, and somewhat uniquely among the main UK parties, vote on policy motions.

The county's suburban IDAs will vote on the policy after that.

He said that they would unite behind a vote allowing the Labour party conference — where they have 50 % of the votes — to vote on policy rather than just make recommendations.

to allow a roll - call vote on the policy issue that's gotten the most traction following the Florida shooting.

She say upwards of ten - thousand delegates from school districts across the U.S. could vote on policy regarding standardized testing at the NEA national meeting.

Would the platform be comfortable asking people to vote on policies addressing something like anti-Rohingya propaganda in Myanmar?

«To me, it is an affront when a Peer says that he thought his peerage was a reward for his success as a composer and he did not expect to attend debates and vote on policy issues.

The agreement to push ahead with the policy came as a surprise to both the public and the commissioners on the board, who said just days ago that they didn't expect to vote on the policy at Thursday's meeting.

As evidenced by recent politics around the federal budget, those in Washington, DC, are stuck in debates that involve math that is not well understood even by those who need to vote on policies based on it.

While Lacker is not due to have a vote on policy until 2018, he does participate in discussions on interest rates.

Such a change would reduce its influence, leaving it with a role in monetary affairs similar to that of other regional Fed banks, most of which only have a vote on policy every three years.

Through daily meetings, all the inhabitants of the local «tents neighborhoods» vote on policy and elect their representatives for the higher national assembly.

So if they hold a vote on their policies, as they say they will, and dare other parties to support them, they will find that they... er... don't.

Conference may be large and rambling, but it represents party activists and trade unionists in equal measure, and should allow the people who keep our party alive to propose and vote on policy.

The Prime Minister has said measures to address the issue of MPs with seats in the devolved nations being able to vote on policies that do not apply in their constituencies must go «in tandem» with the process of granting fresh powers to Holyrood.

In order to do this, the US Constitution would need to be amended to explicitly give US citizens the right to vote on policies.

Additionally, during the 2016 and 2017 legislative session, Francesca successfully coordinated the statewide campaign «We Are Florida's Families,» which led to the defeat of 9 anti-immigrant and anti-refugee bills which sought to criminalize immigrants and remove from office local elected officials who support and vote on policies to protect immigrants regardless of their status.

That's why, unlike other parties, any and all Welsh Liberal Democrat members can vote on policies at our Party Conferences.

«This is a unique, non-partisan office with no votes on policy,» Kearns said.

Bey said his vote on policy issues counts equally with the citywide councilors and he often responds to constituent complaints in other parts of Syracuse.

Separately, they will be asked to fill a form at no extra cost saying they would like to be an affiliated supporter, so giving them a right to vote in leadership elections, attend constituency meetings and vote on policy, but not select the parliamentary candidate.

They vote on policy and make decisions about school closures and consolidations.

They meet monthly to vote on policy and closures, consolidations and mergers.

Possibly related to this, they have rather less say over the running of their party — they do not get a vote on policy, and only have a choice between two at leadership elections.

When school policy and visions are planned, there often seems to be a major disconnect between the administration (usually the ones making or voting on the policy) and the rest of the school (the teachers and students whom the decisions affect).

The Board of Education has yet to vote on the policy.

Compare the perceived risks, premiums, deductibles, and so on, and ask the class to vote on the policy they would select.

In six hours, the San Francisco Board of Education will vote on a policy these students have fought for all year long: to make the «A through G» course curriculum, required for admission to California's state universities and colleges, the default curriculum for all students in the San Francisco Unified School District.

The board should postpone their vote on this policy until January so other important changes can be made.

Delegates to this business meeting won't ache from seat time, they'll receive some built - in high quality professional development, they'll elect the organization's officers and vote on any policy issues that have arisen — and it's happening all in one day.

Late in the Volcker Era, the FOMC began announcing the votes on policy.