Sentences with phrase «vote upon the issue»

Not exact matches

I know a large number of christians who would vote democrat based upon social policy, but won't because of the single issue of abortion.

Obviously abortion is a lynch pin issue in any election because it is really one of the few issues that hits upon both the religious and secular implications of politics, and I don't usually support or vote for pro-choice candidates.

Sanders also cited the oft - stated civil rights positions of the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, who like Douglas was called upon to vote on cases that concerned issues that were personally important to him.

Anti-hunt campaigners believed that banning hunting was a moral issue upon which there could be no compromise and welcomed the decision of the Commons to vote for an outright ban and ignore «compromise» proposals.

«A budget extender is not supposed to include the policy issues we are yet to agree upon,» he said following the vote.

They missed, however, the Monday deadline to pass bills on time on Thursday, so Cuomo will have to issue «messages of necessity» to suspend the constitution's requirement of three days» public review of bills before they can voted upon.

After extensively debating the issues for two days, each committee approved a number of resolutions, which were again voted upon in a joint session of the student delegates during the third day of the conference.

«They take it as a given, even though some people were defeated and that was one of the issues on which they were defeated upon in certain parts of the state, having voted for that issue.»

Had the leader's office wished to influence the outcome it would have been sufficient to persuade a reasonable number of front - benchers to vote only for John Healey (the one candidate who could be relied upon to back Ed Miliband in any issue where he needed it) to guarantee his election and a fairly small number to back Steve Rotherham who may have been seen as preferable to Dennis Skinner, in order to ensure that he came second.

Being governor requires addressing issues of all types, not just those upon which you think you can win votes.

The goal of the protests, he said, is to organize a movement that will give the people of New York the right to vote on the issue of gay - marriage, which New York politicians took upon themselves to legalize without hearing the people.

«Referenda would be most effective in the context of boosting public engagement if it's accompanied by good high quality public education campaigns that address the issues in a way that engages the public interest and sufficiently explains the pros and cons of the issue before them that they're being asked to vote upon,» she says.

«Every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high and both sides of the issue are vociferous in their views,» Mr. Schumer said, saying he had thoroughly heard out arguments for and against the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The award is an indication of the individual lawmaker's support of New York agriculture and the Farm Bureau, based upon each legislator's voting record on issues of agricultural importance.

In Thurman, the town supervisor and three of the board members have taken it upon themselves to ignore the majority and take our right to vote on some important issues away from us voters.

As with constitutional monarchy mixed with parliamentary democracy (elected House of Commons plus unelected Senate *), the LSUC had stumbled upon the best form of self - regulation: voting elected and lay benchers in ultimate control, with lay benchers helping to make the public interest a live issue at all times, a competent staff, and, importantly, a group of experienced independents.

(9) Upon the request of a candidate, the returning officer shall give the candidate a list of the persons to whom a certificate to vote has been issued up to the time the request is made, and upon the request of a registered party, the Chief Electoral Officer shall give such a list to the paUpon the request of a candidate, the returning officer shall give the candidate a list of the persons to whom a certificate to vote has been issued up to the time the request is made, and upon the request of a registered party, the Chief Electoral Officer shall give such a list to the paupon the request of a registered party, the Chief Electoral Officer shall give such a list to the party.

, prior directions had gone out from CREA to the grass roots members (us), who by the way paid for all of that grand venue, not to discuss relevant issues to be voted upon thereby with the media should the media ask us every - day in - the - trenches - Realtors questions about said issues.

CRC # 99 - 1209 Matter of DOS v. Santos, Consent Order - salesperson improperly owned and operated brokerage business and served as a corporate officer in violation of RPL § 441 - b (2) and improperly owned voting shares of stock in violation of 19 NYCRR 175.22; $ 2,000.00 fine, broker's license to be issued upon payment of fine and satisfaction of all other license requirements