Sentences with phrase «voted for change last»

Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences voted for change last week when they replaced conservative Yuri Osipov with reformer Vladimir Fortov.

Unfortunately, voters failed to vote for change last time around and we are now paying the price for that faux pas (in the form of astronomical raises and out - of - control spending).

Not exact matches

Last year, the church's general assembly granted approval for the change, but a vote among local leaders was still necessary for it to be ratified.

Minnesota Hockey, the governing body for 40,000 youth hockey players in the state, has voted to continue rule changes enacted last January which stiffened the penalties for checking from behind and boarding and hope for better enforcement.

During a special meeting, Village Board members voted 4 - 2 to rescind a bond ordinance passed last fall and replace it with one that changes the type of bond used to help pay for a new tax increment financing district on Lyons» west side.

Last month Unite members voted to reject a BA settlement, which would have seen existing cabin crew staff keep their employment entitlements while the terms and conditions for new started changed.

Last week that was changed again, with plans to charge up to # 10 to supporters for the right to vote.

Also, many voters - including Leave voters - reacted against austerity last year by voting for Labour, but the Tories have done little to change course on this and may now decide they don't need to.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has challenged his successor, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to move beyond propaganda and work to assuage the plight of the suffering masses who voted for change at the last elections.

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

The figures for how people say they would cast their constituency votes are as follows, with the change on last year's actual results in brackets.

ComRes's monthly poll for the Independent has topline voting intentions with changes from last month of CON 38 % -LRB--3), LAB 31 % (+1), LDEM 17 % (nc).

Not confimed yet, but apparently a new YouGov poll for the Standard has topline voting intentions, with changes from their last poll, of JOHNSON 47 % -LRB--2), LIVINGSTONE 37 % (nc), PADDICK 10 % -LRB--2), Others 5 %.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding gubernatorial election then the above formula shall apply based on the votes cast for member of Assembly under the party emblem at the last preceding General Election.

People who obviously changed their voting habits to elect a Democratic majority (male voters split 50/50 last night, a third of Evangelicals voted for Democrats) were taking a chance on a party in which Hillary is now the standard bearer.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

Klein said in an interview last week that the coalition arrangement will likely undergo unspecified changes to its current status, which allows the Bronx Democrat to have say over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

A new ComRes poll for Tuesday's Independent has headline voting intention figures, with changes from last month, of CON 40 % -LRB--1), LAB 27 % -LRB--6), LDEM 18 % (+2) and Others 14 %.

Margaret Mullane, secretary of the CLP in Dagenham and Rainham, which Labour holds, said: «The CLP voted overwhelmingly for Jeremy at the last leadership election and we have been ringing up members regularly and I get the impression nothing has changed.»

[46] Swartz led the first activism event of his career with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, delivering thousands of «Honor Kennedy» petition signatures to Massachusetts legislators asking them to fulfill former Senator Ted Kennedy's last wish by appointing a senator to vote for health care reform.

Katko is running for reelection in a congressional district that has changed parties for the last five election cycles, and has expressed concern over Trump's tone and divisive rhetoric, saying Trump will have to earn his vote.

Countries in this region consist of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South - Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar Needing another seven votes to end Hayatou's long - standing reign in CAF, a key figure in Ahmad's think - tank, who has criss - crossed over 37 countries in the last weeks, campaigning for change in African football.

Last night, Gianaris specifically called out two senators — Jim Alesi and Joe Robach — for supporting the change that would strip LG Bob Duffy of his ability to cast a tie - breaking vote on procedural matters, which includes the all - important leadership question.

Note also that, judging from the tables, ComRes have switched over to prompting for UKIP in their main voting intention question in this poll — as with their last national poll, it does not seem to have had a major effect (UPDATE — I think this is because ComRes have changed turnout weightings, so that there is a tighter turnout filter for the Greens and UKIP than for the main parties).

Last year, though, the failure led to much more partisan finger - pointing as each side was upset about changing a budget - voting tradition that had been followed for decades.

The bill keeps these percentages, but changes the base to the vote cast for president in the last Read more»

The polls to look out for are not last night's, but tomorrow when we discover if people have changed who they intend to vote for in the general election.

A new ICM poll for the Sunday Mirror has headline voting intentions (with changes from ICM's last poll) of CON 36 % (nc), LAB 35 % (+3), LDEM 19 % -LRB--3).

The 2010 midterm elections drew residents from every corner of Queens to vote in races that ousted its last remaining Republican in Albany and changed the face of politics in a borough where Republicans and Tea Party members made little headway despite a national groundswell of support for more conservative politicians.

«Republicans who want lasting change need to vote for Carl Paladino on September 14th because he has the energy, passion and ability to make Albany work for the people once again,» Heary said.

The bill keeps these percentages, but changes the base to the vote cast for president in the last election.

As part of the last - minute scramble to ensure the 216 votes needed to pass the measure in a vote planned for Thursday, New York Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso brokered a change to transfer more of the burden of caring for Medicaid beneficiaries from counties to the state of New York — a move that could ensure that the majority of Republicans in New York's nine - member GOP House delegation ultimately back the bill.

After a GOP rules change failed to pass last week, Assemblyman James Tedisco, R - Glenville, detailed legislation that would allow bills with 76 sponsors (or 32 sponsors in the Senate), regardless of party affiliation, to come to the floor for a vote.

Last night a spokesman for Jeremy's leadership campaign, said:» This result clearly shows that there is a desire for real and genuine change in our party under the continued leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, but we are not going to take anything for granted and we will be campaigning for every vote in the leadership contest.»

Welsh Assembly group leader Nick Bourne AM and Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan launched their new campaign slogan last night - «Vote Welsh Conservative for a change».

This makes sense: these are often places where there remained a good deal of suspicion towards the Conservatives at the last election, even though a plurality were persuaded to vote Tory as it was time for change, and where economic uncertainty will be felt most keenly.

After last year's Oscar nominations, in which no Black actors were nominated for the second consecuitve year, changes were made within the voting system that allowed for new members.

The voting procedure changed last year so that certain branches do the nominating and the entire body does the voting for winners, just like the Oscars.

The National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the closely scrutinized NAEP, voted unanimously last month at a meeting in Atlanta to table a decision on whether to endorse such a change until August at the earliest.

The vote followed the school board's decision last month to change the award for top - rated teachers from a...

The governing body of the LA teachers union last night voted to seek out a state lawmaker to sponsor legislation that rewrites California's parent trigger law, which allows for wholesale changes at a school if a majority of parents want them.

Emanuel denies that his support for the change in the law backfired — but he did acknowledge last week that the strong 90 percent vote is a «huge number.»

Rep. Blackwell, who voted for the new plan that was inserted into the state's budget bill last year, says he'd like to see some key changes made to how principals are now paid during the upcoming legislative session.

Okay Teachers Unions — American Federation of Teachers — CT Chapter and Connecticut Education Association — now would be a good time to explain how you «took him to the woodshed» and got him to change his massive anti-teacher, pro-charter school, pro-Common Core Testing, anti-public school agenda in return for your endorsement and help getting him the votes he needed to win re-election last November.

An Animal Welfare Bill - HB 1238 was voted on & passed last year (2017) that will forever change the laws in this state for protection of innocent animals!

It also provides an opportunity to reflect on the changing social, economic and political conditions that affected women's lives and work over the last century — which is rather fitting as we approach the centenary in 2018 of votes for women.»

The former head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) helped lead Britain's vote to leave the European Union (EU) and is famous for saying last year «I haven't got a clue whether climate change is being driven by carbon - dioxide emissions.»

During United Nations climate change negotiations (www.unfccc.int), members of the Climate Action Network (CAN), vote for countries judged to have done their «best» to block progress in the negotiations in the last days of talks.

Last week, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander stood for sound climate and foreign policy as he voted to uphold funding for international climate change dialogue.