Sentences with phrase «vote requirement not»

But in his essay, Cuomo saw that 60 - vote requirement not as a reason for compromise, but as a tool Democrats could use to extract a better deal out of Republicans.

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«If he refuses to withdraw and wins, the Senate should vote to expel him, because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate,» Gardner said in a statement.

Its fifth call to action is to «vote with our dollars,» or stop working with agencies, suppliers and ad tech companies that don't comply with its requirements.

Where our funds, either alone or as part of a consortium, are not the controlling investor, we typically, subject to applicable regulatory requirements, acquire significant voting and other rights with a view to securing influence over conduct of the business.

It is not clear if the proposal would be compliant with legislative provisions or any future SEC rules regarding implementation of an advisory vote requirement.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

The Main Estimates include a reserve of $ 750 million (TB Vote 5) to manage urgent spending requirements during the course of the year, which have not yet received Parliamentary approval.

Any changes in requirements for insurance companies, which are likely to be an important element of any replacement legislation, could not likely be passed under reconciliation without 60 votes to waive the Byrd rule.

The Board recommends a vote AGAINST a stockholder proposal seeking to have us adopt a policy requiring that senior executives retain a significant percentage of stock acquired through equity pay programs until reaching retirement age because our existing stock ownership guidelines and other compensation policies already effectively facilitate significant stock ownership by our executives, and establishing holding requirements based on a particular retirement age would not be in the best interests of our stockholders.

I would have voted for Osama Bin Laden for president if he had renounced Islam, apologized, and said that the world would be a better place without religion (provided of course that he could meet necessary citizenship requirements... oh, and if he weren't dead).

Thus, elections, while one way of implementing democracy - aimed ideas, are not a requirement at all (for example, you could simply make every citizen vote on every political decision directly).

JCOPE Commissioner Ravi Batra claims that the state ethics panel is not abiding by the law that created it, and he is considering legal action after JCOPE voted to set into place disclosure requirements that are effective starting July 1st of this year instead of June 1st.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

It is not clear yet whether the Joint Committee will recommend some form of requirement to express a certain number of preferences, though given their advocacy for open preferential voting it would not be surprising if they did.

Later backbench revolts, not due to Tyne & Wear or Merseyside, added the requirements, first for a referendum on the Assemblies, then for a threshold for a «Yes» vote to become effective.

At this age and time, the NDP insists «our voters register is not only compromised but also outmoded when there has been a global switch from this anachronism to electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the only requirement of a single definitive voter identity», citing India which has since 1998 been switching to electronic voters machine and perfected it in its 2014 general elections with what they described as «highly unprecedented efficiency.»

If someone fills in both the D and WF ovals for Cuomo, it won't count towards our 50,000 vote requirement.

In June 2016 following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, in which 51.9 % of those voting voted in favour of leaving the European Union, Tim Farron stated that if Liberal Democrats were to be elected in the next parliamentary election, they would not follow through with triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and leaving the EU («Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements») but would instead keep UK part of the EU.

Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, the head of the Senate Republican campaign arm, said that the Senate should vote to expel Mr. Moore, a former State Supreme Court judge, if he won «because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate.»

After last week's decision by a Manhattan judge calling the city's flu vaccine requirement «invalid and unlawful» — because the Health Department initiative had not been voted on by the state legislature — Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz introduced legislation Monday to add the flu to the list of illnesses children attending state - licensed facilities are required to receive.

The Speaker can not vote in a division in the House unless the numbers are equal, and then he or she has a casting vote.146 The provision for a casting vote also applies to Members deputising for or acting in the position of Speaker (that is, Deputy Speaker or Second Deputy Speaker, or another Member as Acting Speaker).147 The provision for a casting vote does not apply to members of the Speaker's panel in the Chair, unless specifically appointed by resolution of the House as Acting Speaker, as it has been considered that the standing orders providing for the nomination and duties of the members of the Speaker's panel do not fulfil the requirements of s. 36 of the Constitution, which refers to the House choosing a Member to perform the duties of an absent Speaker.148

Additionally, voter ID requirements generally apply to in - person voting, not to absentee ballots or mailed ballots.

Such an estimate would not be reliable, as the requirement for voters to vote at their designated polling station was removed in the last hours before the referendum began.

As the Rokita court noted, voters who lack Photo ID undoubtedly exist somewhere, but the fact that Plaintiffs, in spite of their efforts, have failed to uncover anyone «who can attest to the fact that he / she will be prevented from voting» provides significant support for a conclusion that the Photo ID requirement does not unduly burden the right to vote.

One other note: Not all candidates are actually qualified to vote for themselves, since there's no requirement of a candidate to reside in the constituency they stand in.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat whose presidential dreams were not realized this year, will join the board of All About The Vote — a nonprofit aimed at educating voters on ever - changing requirements in states instituting voter identification laws.

A Senate Democratic aide noted that while Democrats may not have enough votes to lower the 60 - vote requirement to cut off filibusters, other reforms could prove more popular.

Small Business Mergers Regulatory Exemption — Vote Passed (426 - 0, 6 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would exempt brokers handling mergers and acquisitions from Securities and Exchange Commission registration requirements in cases in which the company being sold does not have any class of securities required to be registered with the SEC and in the prior fiscal year, the company's earnings, before interest or taxes, are less than $ 25 million or gross revenue is less than $ 250 milliNot Voting) The House passed the bill that would exempt brokers handling mergers and acquisitions from Securities and Exchange Commission registration requirements in cases in which the company being sold does not have any class of securities required to be registered with the SEC and in the prior fiscal year, the company's earnings, before interest or taxes, are less than $ 25 million or gross revenue is less than $ 250 millinot have any class of securities required to be registered with the SEC and in the prior fiscal year, the company's earnings, before interest or taxes, are less than $ 25 million or gross revenue is less than $ 250 million.

Mortgage Lender Escrow Requirement Exemption — Vote Passed (294 - 129, 8 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would exempt lenders with assets of $ 10 billion or less from the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul requirement that such lenders establish escrow accounts for the first five years of so - called «high - priced» mortgage loans, if the lenders hold the loan on its own balance sheet for three years after the loRequirement Exemption — Vote Passed (294 - 129, 8 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would exempt lenders with assets of $ 10 billion or less from the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul requirement that such lenders establish escrow accounts for the first five years of so - called «high - priced» mortgage loans, if the lenders hold the loan on its own balance sheet for three years after the lorequirement that such lenders establish escrow accounts for the first five years of so - called «high - priced» mortgage loans, if the lenders hold the loan on its own balance sheet for three years after the loan is made.

Manufactured Housing Lending Regulation — Vote Passed (256 - 163, 14 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would change the definitions of «mortgage originator» and «loan originator» to exempt companies that manufacture homes and sell manufactured homes from various mortgage - related regulatory requirements.

Cuomo promised not to issue controversial orders to suspend the constitution's requirement for three days» waiting period before the Legislature votes, but did so twice on the two biggest bills passed last week.

The first is that, whilst being willing to vote against the party line isn't a requirement to be seen as effective, it does help.

Commissioners voted unanimously at a meeting to invalidate McMillan and his line, the Rent Is 2 Damn High Party, declaring the petitions submitted did not meet the required 15,000 - signature requirement.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oversight — Vote Passed (425 - 0, 5 Not Voting) The bill that would require that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comply with the agency requirements of the Freedom of Information Act while they are under the conservatorship of the federal government.

Georgia is one of only two states (with IL) that does not qualify all of the party nominees in the next election when a candidate of a party meets vote ballot access requirements;

Other bills that were introduced, but not voted on, included measures to create new penalties for those who fail to report construction fatalities, a requirement for construction companies to give the city detailed reports about scheduled construction activities months in advance, and a mandate for drug and alcohol testing of construction workers at certain job sites.

Identification requirements would not remain after their initial vote.

Shaun Woodward will struggle to survive if they stand and Tessa Jowell would have done so if it had not been for the requirement to vote for at least six women.

An academic who is professor of government at Hull University, the Tory peer wrote on his blog a few months after the Leave vote: «We have had a referendum that was not legally binding and without any threshold (or turnout) requirement.

Disapprove HHS Planned Parenthood Funding Rule — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 12 Not Voting) The resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Dec. 19, 2016, that modifies eligibility requirements for Title X grants for family planning services to specify that states awarding funds can not prohibit a health care provider from participating for reasons other than its ability to provide Title X servicNot Voting) The resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Dec. 19, 2016, that modifies eligibility requirements for Title X grants for family planning services to specify that states awarding funds can not prohibit a health care provider from participating for reasons other than its ability to provide Title X servicnot prohibit a health care provider from participating for reasons other than its ability to provide Title X services.

Rep. Faso Vote Record Tracking Rep. Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver — Vote Passed (282 - 137, 11 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would authorize the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to waive the requirement that applicants for law enforcement positions at CBP undergo polygraph -LSB-...]

Lawmakers in their last budget vote agreed to change the public notice requirement regarding compensation, so this won't be an issue going forward.

When the issue was to be put to a vote, the IAU came up with a new definition that included the requirement of gravitational dominance, but also defined a new class of object — «dwarf planets» — which are spherical but don't dominate.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association last week voted overwhelmingly to allow incoming student - athletes to receive financial aid based on their family income, even if they do not meet academic requirements for an athletic scholarship.

Although opponents were not able to muster the votes in Congress this time to overtime the policy, lawmakers did include requirements that the U.S. Department of Education begin collecting state, local and federal data about the distribution of teachers in training who are working in classrooms.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) voted Thursday to revamp training requirements for roughly 2,200 alternative or «intern» certificated teachers who teach English language learners — but did not disqualify these teachers immediately as some had feared.

The House Workforce Committee took testimony but no votes this week on a pair of education bills: SB 344 would create an optional state - recognized STEM diploma endorsement that school districts could give students at their discretion and HB 5907 would require districts to inform students about college - credit - by - testing options like AP, IB, and CLEP, which is not a new requirement, but would add some additional specificity to an existing state law.

But not for another State Senator who voted for it, particularly noting that «Losing the waiver would mean nearly every school in the state would have to send a letter home to parents saying they are failing to meet the requirements of the federal education law.»

Matters such as election of Trustees are not subject to separate voting requirements and may be acted upon by shareholders of the Trust voting without regard to series.

Among these requirements are the following: (i) at least 90 % of the fund's gross income each taxable year must be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock or securities or currencies and net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership; (ii) at the close of each quarter of the fund's taxable year, at least 50 % of the value of its total assets must be represented by cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other RICs and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount that does not exceed 5 % of the value of a Fund's assets and that does not represent more than 10 % of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer; and (iii) at the close of each quarter of the fund's taxable year, not more than 25 % of the value of its assets may be invested in securities (other than U.S. Government securities or the securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or of two or more issuers and which are engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses if the fund owns at least 20 % of the voting power of such issuers, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.