Sentences with phrase «voted against the issue»

Unofficial totals showed two - thirds of the voters in the Kane County part of the district voted against the issue.

Both candidates said they supported same sex marriage, and both were critical of Mr. LaValle's vote against the issue, in which he said the people of the district were «not ready» for it.

In my case, the complete Republican delegation voted against the issue.»

Senate Republicans spokesman Scott Reif said the vote blocking the measure was not a vote against the issue itself, but the Democrats» method of pushing for a vote.

While it passed along party lines, many Democrats support this issue and simply voted against the issue for political reasons and may reconsider if and when the legislation makes it to the House floor.

Not exact matches

While last week's budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans voted against it, citing issues with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal deficit.

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

Einhorn, fund manager for Greenlight Capital, accused Apple of cash hoarding earlier last week and is encouraging shareholders to vote against Apple's proxy because he thinks proposition two will kill the option of Apple issuing preferred stock.

Why she could vote no: Murkowski previously helped bring down the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare, so she has a track record of voting against the party - line on contentious issues.

The country voted against joining the euro zone in a referendum in 2000 and last December opted to retain its exemption from EU rules on issues like asylum and border control.

The outspoken and often controversial Wilson said his vote against the two directors sends a signal to the financial community that Lululemon must address the board member issue if the company is to recover.

In 2013, he voted with his party against comprehensive immigration reform, an issue that's critical to the growth of the agricultural and tech sectors.

In 2008, the House voted to issue contempt citations against Mr. Bolten and a former White House counsel for refusing to cooperate in an investigation into the mass firings of federal prosecutors.

Tesla's board is recommending that shareholders vote against the proposal, saying lead independent director Antonio Gracias protects the company against any potential governance issues arising from having a non-independent chairman.

All those who vote for or against him will convince themselves that they are voting on the issues.

politicians go against their supposed religious rules all the time; looking at how they voted on previous issues is the only way to tell what kind of person they are.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

Yet another example of a group voting against the majority of their interests solely based on a social issue.

Rather the President is for or against that's really a personal issue and not a issue of decision making when voting.

I hope you are right and this is thier motivation, there was a strong push last election against Obama by many bishops I hope that they don't think this well motivate Catholics to vote their way due to this issue, the majority of Catholics have used, use or will use contraception its not a church issue if it is used for politics.

The Guardian: Female bishops: EU anti-discrimination law may be the CoE's salvation While the Church of England's legalism has halted progress on equality issues by voting against the ordination of female bishops this week, EU anti-discrimination law may prove its salvation.

The abortion issue was just used to manipulate religious groups into a voting block, pre late 70s the church wasn't even against abortions.

But more unexpectedly, given that Hawaii was one of the first states where the issue surfaced, a Hawaii state representative has caused waves for becoming the first openly gay lawmaker to vote against a state's same - sex marriage bill.

But my hope is that every Christian who has decided to vote for Trump has, at some point, spoken out against his comments regarding sexual assault, immigrants, women, and additional issues that defile all people who are made in the image of God.

It makes no difference they will vote for him for the fact that he is black whether or not they stand against him on this issue.

In 2012, residents voted against the Park District issuing referendum bonds for capital improvements at Lake Arlington.

In December of 1972 the vote went against the Park District's referendum to issue $ 2,550,000 in general obligation bonds for park improvement and development including the construction of a fieldhouse at Dryden Park, land acquisition, the construction of a north side maintenance garage, and the construction of an indoor ice rink complex along with increasing the corporate tax rate by.025 %.

With all 17 Lake County precincts reporting, 62 percent of the voters there cast ballots in favor of the bond issue, and 38 percent voted against.

Historically they didn't vote on issues which applied only to England but all of a sudden they're intending to vote against fox hunting in England.

Europe minister David Lidington has hit out against Conservative eurosceptics ahead of Wednesday's likely vote by telling them to focus on issues other than the in / out referendum tearing his party apart.

``... another thing remarkable he did not ask the whole of Ghana to vote for Nana Akufo Addo; of course being an NPP stalwart, it is expected that he would ask people to vote against President Mahama... but he did not ask the people of Ghana to vote for Nana Akufo Addo; it is extremely instructive; it raises a very serious issue... If I were an NPP member, I would be extremely worried about this grave omission,» he noted.

Sen. Bill Stachowski is fighting back against Fight Back PAC, the political action committee created with the sole purpose of replacing senator who voted «no» on gay marriage with candidates who will vote «yes» on the issue.

George Demos, one of three Republicans fighting to take on Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in NY - 1, tried to make yesterday's gubernatorial vote at the GOP convention into an issue in his own race, in which he's facing off against state Chairman Ed Cox's son, Chris.

However, on procedural grounds, he tends to vote pro-choice on Supreme Court justices and spending issues (he is against abortions but for the government paying for them as long as they are legal).

I only prefer Dems because clearly the Pubs only speak for the wealthy and donor class (and the single issue folks — Guns, God, anti-Gays, etc) they can fool into voting against their own interests!

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

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.

(¶ 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:

The 30 - member Senate Republican conference is poised to vote en masse against the bill that would keep state parks open and also has issues with a measure that would boost the charter cap from 200 to 460, GOP sources confirm.

[19] In April 2007, Lewisham Council voted 28 — 24 against a motion calling for consultation over the issue.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

-- Vote against the finance bill after listening to the people's concerns over issues like the 10p tax rate (assuming the bill remains talking about retrospective taxation)-- Recognise the much bulkier and more vast argument against 42 days legislation and support the rebellion against this legislation rather than supporting the PR men and the policy writers to the hilt regardless of the realities of the situation.

To receive backing from such a highly respected campaigner, who has been so prominent in the battle against fracking and broader issues of climate change, is a real boom to the party as we look to translate the «Green surge» into votes at the general election in May.

issued the following statement tonight after the Senate voted 61 — 30 to advance a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans:

Interpretations of the National Interest have been at the forefront of the debate in an entirely new way for the British, pitching referendum against parliamentary voting, domestic and against foreign policy issues, numerical majorities against political and economic arguments, elites against elites.

One angle is that he did not expect a close race against Di Carlo, an underfunded candidate whose primary issue was Saland's «yes» vote for same - sex marriage and his spending, as a result, was meager.

«Many of my colleagues who have been in the Commons for longer than I have and who, like me, have never rebelled, are considering voting against on this issue.»

It was tough enough for the party to find itself voting against its own policy on issues which were agreed compromises set out in the coalition programme.

But Molinaro took issue with Cuomo's lobbying effort against the tax bill, which has included harsh words for Republican members of Congress — five of the state's nine GOP members — who voted for it.