Sentences with phrase «voted against it»

You would ask of your politician to slaughter those who voted against him?

Does it matter that 177 Democrats voted against the bill to punish surgeons who kill babies who survive abortions?

I personally voted against it in NC recently, but I don't call people who did bigots.

«We created the NHS... the Tories voted against it at that time.

I agree Tom, and I applaud all those Catholic Men that actively worked against, and voted against, George Bush who invaded Iraq when Pope John decried the action.

Yes the Southern Democrats voted against the Civil rights act and then they immediately became Republicans.

They voted against it.

Ninety - seven per cent of proxies received in advance of Thursday's meeting, which represent a majority of eligible votes, voted against the proposal, he said.

Yes, except for the fact that a majority of blacks voted against gay marriage in California.

At its annual meeting Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 55 percent of the bank's shareholders voted against the pay packages that have been granted to Citigroup's top executives, including Pandit's $ 15 million for last year and $ 10 million retention pay.

In a unprecedented move, Warren Buffett rebuked building materials company USG USG and said he voted against its board of directors slate.

57 voted against the measure.

The Armenian parliament has voted against naming protest leader Nikol Pashinian as the country's new prime minister.

Euroscepticism and populist movements are gathering momentum in EU countries from Italy to France to Sweden, and the week before last, fiercely independent Switzerland, which voted against joining the EU in the 1990s, finally yanked its membership application for good.

More than 88 percent of shares voted at the meeting, excluding the 20 percent stake held by Berkshire, voted against the deal.

Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat who voted against the omnibus because it lacked protection for Dreamers, said his party has to keep proving itself to Dreamers after disappointing in the budget process.

In a guest article, Robert E. Plaze, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, analyzes Gallagher's statement; addresses the more interesting case of the two settlements Gallagher voted against; and discusses Gallagher's criticisms of Rule 206 (4)-7.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

The bill's price tag had been a sticking point for one senator, Mr. Corker, a longtime deficit hawk, who voted against the initial Senate bill over concerns it would add to the federal debt.

Brainard voted against the proposal.

Twelve Republicans voted against the final tax bill in the House.

Last year, LGIM voted against 37 board chairs or chairs of nomination committees in the UK due to poor diversity.

Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser voted against the position in July, and he was joined this month by Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher.

It is getting tiresome hearing everyone on the radio yapping about how voters were conned by the slick campaign machinery to vote NDP; or that we voted against the PCs rather than for the NDP; or that we were angry and so made rash decisions that we will promptly regret because everyone knows what a hash the NDP have made wherever they have reigned.

The central bank of the strongest economy in the European Union has explicitly stated that you are responsible for your country's fiscal obligations — and would be even if you voted against them!

Regardless of the fact that the USA is not acting unilaterally as our left wing media is trying to sell us they are; there are 38 countries that have supplied troops and only three European countries that voted against us, with all three involved in the Oil for Food Scandal.

Nineteen Liberal, New Democrat, and Progressive Conservative MLAs voted in favour of the motion, but it failed after 31 PC and Wildrose MLAs stood up and voted against it.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Viacom Inc's board of directors named Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman as executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter, who voted against Dauman.

Sumner Redstone and the rest of Viacom's board voted in favor of Dauman, and only Shari Redstone voted against him, according to a source close to the company.

He added that he knew of the FBI's concerns before he voted against the memo's release.

Opposition to the appointment has reportedly been exacerbated by a perceived lack of consultation with investors, and the fact that Schroders itself has, as an asset manager, voted against similar moves by other companies.

But 18 Republicans voted against it over objections to gun control measures they believe violate the Second Amendment.

All Central Florida Democrats voted against the bill.

This impression is supported by the fact that around half of the French electorate voted against the established political parties.

Qualcomm's board of directors voted against the split.

The premier voted against it.

And in 2010, Ryan voted against the sweeping Dodd - Frank financial reform bill.

, for the same reason I'd never brand anyone in Congress who voted against the Patriot Act a traitor.

We're assuming they voted against this proposal though we don't have a breakdown from Google.

The NDP has voted against that, tooth and nail, every time,» Ted Menzies lamented this afternoon in the House.

Interestingly, Sen. John McCain, who the day before complained about Republicans» method of «trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,» voted against the Democratic amendment to send health - care back to the starting line in committee.

Given the high level of discontent expressed on the say - on pay proposal last year, when 56.6 % of non-state shareholders voted against, securing support for the proposed remuneration policy may be a challenge.

Last year, over a quarter of Clarkson plc's shareholders voted against the company's remuneration report and binding pay policies after CEO Andi Case received a bonus of just under # 3m.

In 2013, 23 of 24 House Republicans from Texas voted against the aid package for Sandy; some members of Texas's Republican delegation, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R - TX), are signaling they're unlikely to have similar reservations this time around.

But 69 Republicans voted against it.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

The two directors I brought in were independent, experts in the media industry, and not «my guys» — they sometimes voted against my position.

«Up here we use these casual phrases that we are going to write off the debt,» Rep. Dave Brat (R - VA), who voted against the relief package, told reporters.

Brat — like many of his conservative colleagues in the House Freedom Caucus who voted against the aid — said he wanted to see ways to offset the cost of these supplemental relief packages.