Sentences with phrase «votes in favor»

Niskayuna Central School District voters on Tuesday, May 15, approved the 2018 - 19 school budget, with 1,186 casting votes in favor of the $ 84.2 million spending plan and 525 opposed.

For example, when a United Nations member votes in favor of admitting a state to the United Nations, they are offering a legal admittance that the state is (in fact) a state.

During the race, The Advance Group helped Mark - Viverito prepare for the race, which included several community forums and debates as well as behind - the - scenes politicking with council members and county party leaders who helped collect votes in her favor.

However, they do not have enough votes in favor to do that in either the current or the 2017 Senate.

Is the voter going to fear a primary challenger if he votes in favor?

Seeking to turn the tables on Republican incumbents, Senate Democrats on Thursday plan to release a volley of statements blasting GOP lawmakers for taking votes in favor of tax and fee increases.

The new law was passed Sept. 21, with 46 votes in favor.

Watchdog group Reinvent Albany praised today's City Council votes in favor of bills that improve the Open Data Law and create a portal for city residents to register to vote online.

However, the vote for Intro 182 was much closer, with 27 votes in favor, 20 votes against and three abstentions.

Senator Susan Collins is pro-choice but votes in favor of Republican judicial nominees, who are generally pro-life.

A pugnacious lawmaker and attorney who relishes getting under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's skin, DeFrancisco's voting record in Albany has nevertheless been questioned due to his votes in favor of budgets backed by the governor.

Germany also handed out investment promises and straight cash to other countries to swing hosting votes in their favor, but yo... RPGs.

EU Parliament votes in favor of waste legislation package; 2030 recycling targets set at 60 % for municipal waste and 70 % for packaging; manufacturers to make information on SVHC content in products available to public

The project narrowly failed to reach the needed 60 votes needed to make it to the president's desk, with 59 votes in favor and 41 opposed.

The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign policy, received 158 votes in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the government to «quit, quit, quit».

A council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, France or Britain to pass.

He voted in favor of a motion to proceed to debate the healthcare bill, a move for which Democrats criticized him.

The vote failed, with 49 voting in favor and 51 voting against.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 - Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of votes cast.

While a majority of Goldman Sachs (gs) shareholders voted in favor of executive pay plans on Friday at the bank's annual meeting in its Jersey City offices, around 34 % did not.

According to Catalonian authorities, 90 percent of people voted in favor of independence on Sunday, but the national government said the referendum was illegal.

But that was offset by 57 Democrats who voted in favor.

CalPERS, the California Public Employees» Retirement System, which voted in favor of the climate change proposal at Exxon's shareholder's meeting Wednesday, also released a statement.

Considering that not one Democrat voted in favor of rolling back the Obama - era privacy rules, though, that could be a hard sell.

On Monday, barely a week after China voted in favor of tough new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, the Trump administration launched an investigation into whether China is pirating the intellectual property of American firms under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.

The board voted in his favor, and, at an all - hands meeting in late December, Kalin announced his return to Etsy.

Thousands of cabin crew working for British Airways have voted in favor of strike action in a pay dispute, the Unite union said.

Tesla and SolarCity shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favor of merging the two companies in a $ 2.6 billion deal.

They both voted in favor of keeping the monetary policy on hold.

In April, they voted in favor of a shareholder proposal requiring annual majority rule votes for all directors, which Nabors has said they will abide by.

It was enforced by a voting provision that required Abu Dhabi Investment Council to vote in favor of board nominees select board - members put forth, not uncommon in Canada.

On a party - line vote, Trump - appointed chairman Ajit Pai and two other Republican commissioners voted in favor of revoking the rules, while the two Democrats on the commission voted against the move.

Last month, Dimon prevailed at the bank's annual meeting when only 32 percent of shareholders voted in favor of a proposal — backed by activist groups after the «London Whale» trading losses — to strip him of the chairmanship.

Marriott International and Starwood Hotels shareholders on Friday voted in favor of a deal that will create the world's largest hotel company.

Surprisingly, this was hardly a vote along party lines — a lot of Democrats voted in favor of the redaction.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 (Reuters)- Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of votes cast.

In an unprecedented move Wednesday, Exxon Mobil shareholders voted in favor of a non-binding proposal that they say will force the company to truly back the Paris climate agreement.

Sixty - two percent of shareholders voted in favor of the proposal — a stunning defeat for the company formerly helmed by Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Besides Mr. Drexler, major (5 % or greater) shareholders in the firm, as of the annual proxy in April, include FMR LLC (which includes the Fidelity Contrafund), Baron Capital Group, BlackRock, and T Rowe Price, all of whom voted in favor of the directors up for election as well as the other management proposals — and Columbia Wanger Asset Management (whose parent Ameriprise, did not return requests for information).

The board released a statement on Friday that responded to Icahn's latest offer and reiterated its recommendation to shareholders that they vote in favor of the $ 13.65 per share offer.

On November 8, another four states voted in favor of outright marijuana legalization: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts all voted in favor of legalized use, sale, and consumption of recreational marijuana.

Shareholders voted in favor of Tesla buying SolarCity in a deal worth about $ 2 billion on Nov. 17.

But for Marine Le Pen, who is the National Front candidate in the Nord - Pas - de-Calais-Picardie region, those are not the only factors pushing the vote in her favor.

«The only way that could happen is for a very significant number of Trump voters — red voters, Southern voters — to vote in favor of cannabis reform.

If a majority of shares are voted in favor of Michael Dell's plan to take the company private, Dell's biggest outside investor, Southeastern Asset Management, has indicated it might go to court to fight for a higher price.

*), «they have both voted in favor of most free trade deals when they have had a chance.»

On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.

While our Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our Board.

TORONTO (Reuters)- Proxy advisory firm ISS said on Thursday it recommends that TMX Group shareholders vote in favor of a proposed combination with the London Stock Exchange.

Under so - called majority - of - the - minority voting provisions, a majority of shares, excluding Michael Dell's roughly 16 percent stake, must be voted in favor for the buyout to go through.