Sentences with phrase «votes during his time in office»

His votes during his time in office — along with well - publicized personal disputes — played into the race.

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Clark was a former Liberal, having worked as a staffer at the Legislature during Laurence Decore «s time as party leader (Clark's father, Gilbert Clark, was 823 votes away from ending Ralph Klein «s political career when the former mayor first ran for provincial office in Calgary - Elbow in 1989).

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

The three Democrats were voted into office during a time when women in politics were making gains nationally.

Toobin reported that DeLay left Washington and returned to Texas to oversee the project while final voting was underway in the state legislature, and that «several times during the long days of negotiating sessions, DeLay personally shuttled proposed maps among House and Senate offices in Austin.»

By the time the case made it to the Fifth Circuit, the criteria had been amended to require: (1) a valid Georgia real estate license; (2) an active real estate office in the county that is open during customary business hours; (3) agreement to abide by the MLS's rules and bylaws; (4) a favorable credit report; (5) agreement to purchase a share of MLS stock at $ 1,000; and (6) a favorable vote of a majority of the MLS's active members.