Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would
vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.
Soon enough, with the college graduates we have in the state (look at the map of the counties who voted in correlation to those who
voted against the Amendment), we will be greater than 35 %.
We limited those coercive powers, I'm happy to say — not with any help from the government, because the government
voted against the amendment to limit the coercive powers, which was ostensibly the intended purpose of the bill.
Woodridge trustees David Pittinger and Gregory Abbott
voted against the amendment to the TIF ordinance last month.
If the Lib Dems
voted against an amendment for full PR, they'd look ridiculous.
Labour is likely to
vote against the amendment, meaning the chances of the government actually being defeated is negligible.
Five Lib Dem MPs, three Plaid Cymru MPs and 51 SNP MPs also
voted against the amendment stating that the Government must trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R - Willsboro, on June 16, cast a deciding
vote against an amendment that sought to stop the military from enlisting undocumented youth.
Labour leader
votes against amendment extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples after appeal by Tory whips
could
vote against the amendment.
Nigel Lawson
voted against the amendment because he didn't want to «stir up fear» in EU residents.
Foreign secretary William Hague had appealed to Conservative MPs in an evening meeting of the 1922 Committee to
vote against the amendment.
However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would
vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.
Councilor - at - large Timothy Rudd
voted against the amendment, as did Councilor Joseph Carni, of the 1st district, and Councilor Chad Ryan, of the 2nd district.
The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, said this demand was «beyond parody», given that Labour peers recently
voted against an amendment to the article 50 bill in the House of Lords that would have required the government to keep the UK in the single market.
«Clearly, Cuomo and the Assembly Democrats who
voted against our amendment are more concerned about appeasing the public sector unions that get them elected than they are about doing what is right for the developmentally disabled.»
Niebel was the only legislator to
vote against the amendment, which passed by a vote of 16 to 1 (legislators PJ Wendell of Lakewood and Mark Tarbrake of Jamestown were absent).
Only one lawmaker
voted against the amendment.
«
We voted against an amendment that would have taken away any safety net against a no deal Brexit,» he wrote.
Alongside McDonnell and Dodds, Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner and shadow Treasury colleagues Peter Dowd and Jonathan Reynolds also
voted against the amendment.
Councilwoman Inez Barron, who represents a different portion of the area affected by the proposed East New York rezoning,
voted against both amendments on Thursday and said the changes aren't «deep enough or broad enough.»
«Lib Dems defeating Tories» is, therefore a curious situation; a situation made all the more curious when Lib Dem MPs (in government) join forces with Labour MPs (in opposition) to «defeat» Conservatives (in government) who on the whole
voted against the amendment.
Katko was among 26 Republicans to
vote against the amendment on a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through September.
«
A vote no against this amendment essentially preserves the status quo, and the status quo involves the Legislature drawing its own lines and continuing a decades - long practice of partisan gerrymandering,» Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey told journalists during a Tuesday conference call.
Legislators
voted against the amendment 258 - 176.
Today's development in the story is that Downing Street will reportedly
vote against the amendment.
The gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to
vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted government warnings that it would derail the entire measure.
All Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee
voted against an amendment that states that global warming exists, regardless of cause.
 (Yes, Rep. Matheson
voted against this amendment.)
Find your Pennsylvania state senator and urge him or her to
vote against the amendments and support the bill, H.B. 2525, in its original form. Tell your senator that you vote.Â
Going against the grain of his party, Congressman Bass
voted against both amendments, knowing that each is important for conservation and coastal community job security.
The approval came hours after the same committee
voted against an amendment that would have banned weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used by Nikolas Cruz in the Parkland shootings.
Within four weeks after the Bill is passed, a majority of the Parliamentarians who voted for the proposal prepare a «Yes» case (the arguments for making the amendments); and a majority of those who voted against it prepare a «No» case (the arguments for
voting against the amendments).
Not exact matches
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.
As a U.S. company, its pay
vote is advisory, not binding; moreover the company's share class structure means that approval is effectively assured, with founders» Class B shares carrying ten times the
voting power of ordinary Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up, with an
amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 %
against vote at the 2016 AGM.
But 18 Republicans
voted against it over objections to gun control measures they believe violate the Second
Amendment.
accountants, FOR the advisory
vote on executive compensation, FOR the
amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and
AGAINST each of the shareholder proposals.
Let me ask you something Jeremy - I have had people tell me that because I am white, a Christian a veteran and a conservative that I am, a baby killer, a racist (because I didn't
vote for Obama) and an anti poor elitist and a homophobe because I am
against homosexuality, also that I am a potential serial killer because I believe in the second
amendment.
Today, Members of Parliament have
voted against a proposed
amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill on abortion counselling.
We explained that while there is no question of the United Kingdom
voting against the resolution, in order to
vote for it we would need certain assurances or
amendments.
As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops
voted in favour of (and one
against) a wrecking
amendment.
This means that we could have the odd situation where the big Unions
vote against the McDonnell
Amendment at the NEC but then issue instructions to delegates to
vote for it when it comes to the conference hall.
Just 142 peers
voted for the
amendment, 209
voting against, with a majority not attending at all.
(¶ 15) When the House of Lords reconsidered the bill after the Commons rejected the
amendments, eight bishops
voted against a similar wrecking
amendment, but the statement issued after passage of the bill was not unconditional in its support:
I know that Democrats generally oppose school voucher programs which have a similar function as Cruz's
amendment, so is that why Democrats
voted against Cruz's
amendment?
Ironically Jacob Rees - Mogg, who has also talked about his Catholic faith,
voted against the Dubs
amendment but has rarely been criticised for doing so, even though this goes
against any notion of Catholic teaching one can imagine.
Senator Ted Cruz proposed an
amendment to the recent tax reform bill to allow funds from 529 plans to be used for homeschooling1, but the Democrats
voted against it and it did not make it into the final bill.
The
amendments, though
voted down, come as Republicans in the state Senate have signaled support for possible gun control legislation, which could include making it harder for those deemed too dangerous to obtain a firearm and closing up loopholes in the prohibition
against people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from keeping and obtaining guns.
His unsuccessful bid in 2014 to strengthen significantly the Government's recall proposals won the support of almost half of Conservative MPs in a free
vote but fell well short of getting through thanks to a strong Labour turnout
against his
amendment.
[126] Two new legislators who were thought to support the
amendment voted against it, while nine who had supported it in January, seven Democrats and two Republicans, changed their
votes to oppose it.