Sentences with phrase «vote on the amendment put»

And the funny thing is when someone even BRINGS up the subject of separation of Church and State, Dunbar goes on a fucking hissy fit and refusing to vote on the amendment put forward, which lost handily.

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If the Lords amendment passes it would force MPs in the House of Commons to debate and vote on it, putting further pressure on the UK government.

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.

Asked this week whether he's made a decision on how he'll vote should an amendment come before him, Webb replied, «I think we need to respect the process that Secretary Gates and Adm. Mullen put in place.»

For example, if Labour managed to get its act together, a big «if» I know, and they put an amendment to the voting reform bill designed to introduce AV + on to a referendum question rather than AV, how will the Liberal Democrats vote?

IDC Sen. Jeff Klein attempted to put the abortion provision on a separate piece of legislation as an amendment, but the effort failed on a procedural vote.

Just minutes before the vote was due, justice minister Dominic Raab said the government would table its own amendment later during the bill's passage through the parliament to put into law the idea of a meaningful vote on the final deal.

The governor and lawmakers declared another major victory on first passage of a resolution calling for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment that will allow for the stripping of pensions from elected officials convicted of corruption, including more senior ones who are currently exempt from a similar statute put on the books in 2011.

After initially blocking the amendment, the speaker Michael Martin has put the Liberal Democrat's call for an «in or out» referendum on the EU to a Commons vote.

It remains to be seen whether the amendment will be put to a vote on Tuesday, but the rebellion is an important reflection of the wider unease felt by Lib Dem activists over the Budget.

But when survey takers were read the actual language on the ballot amendment, which puts the new casinos in a positive light, 55 percent say they would vote yes, compared to 42 percent who say they would vote no.

After two recesses, the committee finished grinding through all the amendments, including a dozen roll call votes, a parliamentary maneuver by Democrats to put all members on 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.

On this day fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this landmark piece of federal legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in voting and outlawed pernicious state and local laws put in place to frustrate the intent of the 15th Amendment, particularly with regard to African - American voting rights.