Sentences with phrase «votes necessary»

That is far over the 100 votes necessary for a veto - proof majority.

The recent opinion poll on the same issue did not receive a two thirds majority vote necessary to change the standard.

Silver said he doesn't have the 76 Democratic votes necessary to raise the charter limit until the space issue is settled.

Even more surprising than breaking 40 is the fact that the outstanding votes necessary to win seem to be within reach.

These so - called «broker non-votes» will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be considered in determining the number of votes necessary for approval and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for Directors, the advisory vote on executive compensation, the amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the shareholder proposals.

«I am one hundred percent confident that I would have received the 25 % of the Republican delegate vote necessary to get on the ballot, but I am now comfortable that my party is well represented.»

Gillibrand and her Democratic colleagues are still seeking one last GOP vote necessary to pass the 9/11 health care bill, and she is accusing the Republicans of pushing a «pack of lies» about the bill by suggesting it will be a «job killer» and open the door to fraud.

NYCLASS is plotting an extensive lobbying effort, sources say, to eventually cull together the City Council votes necessary to outlaw the carriages.

I'm not sure if a change based on Article 48 would make a new popular vote necessary).

Since his announcement Saturday that he would be the crucial 60th vote necessary to secure cloture on the health care reform bill and avoid a likely Republican filibuster, Nelson has faced a storm of criticism from conservatives in both parties — and some liberal groups.

Neither bill, in the end, would likely secure the 50 votes necessary for passage, but the process might give the 52 nervous GOPers in the senate a face - saving way out of this mess.

Blakeman is so far the only contender who has claimed to already have hit the 25 percent mark of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot.

Rousseff's administration is desperately negotiating with smaller parties, handing out government assignments to remaining allies in a final attempt to hold the number of votes necessary to reject the impeachment in the legislative houses.

Shareholders voted on 83 of the resolutions, but none of them won the majority vote necessary to pass.

Politico reports that GOP Senate leaders are aiming to vote on an Obamacare replacement bill by the end of June regardless of whether or not it has the 50 votes necessary to pass.

Prior to 1977, every province accepted card - check certification as the means to recognizing a union: once a specified majority of workers signed union cards, certification was complete, no vote necessary.

If the law is free of points of order, it can be passed in the Senate by a simple majority; the 60 votes necessary to shut off a filibuster are not required.

I don't believe any ownership effort has the 24 votes necessary to force out Goodell.

By doing this, Espada has made it all but certain that nothing will get done at today's session, since the Democrats won't have the 32 votes necessary to pass anything and the Republicans are highly unlikely to suddenly agree to play ball.

The IDC maintains there should be an accounting of the votes necessary for a range of liberal friendly issues in the Senate — a suggestion that even with 32 Democrats, the votes are difficult to find and require working with Republicans.

U.S. Senate Democrats appeared to secure the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, sending the body hurtling toward a bitter partisan confrontation later this week.

Blakeman announced several weeks ago that he has securred more than 25 percent of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot.

The party failed to receive the 50,000 votes necessary for automatic ballot status that year, and faded away.

He's also the only contender to claim he has landed more than 25 percent of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot, and today he announced the support of Rockland County GOP Chairman Vinnie Reda.

The WFP had considered running its own candidate in the form of a big - name liberal star to run on Cuomo's left and draw the 50,000 votes necessary to maintain its official ballot status.

Skelos noted three Senate Democrats are missing — Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., Sen. Kevin Parker (who was just convicted on two misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief) and Senate President Malcolm Smith (who's in China)-- and so can't provide the 32 votes necessary to follow the Assembly's lead and pass the bill.

Republicans hold a thin 33 - seat majority in the 63 - seat chamber, and it was unclear if the conference had the 32 votes necessary to pass the legislation before the debate began at 9 p.m.

As the Senate continues to struggle to lock down the 32 votes necessary to pass the two - way revenue deal Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson struck with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gov. David Paterson has taken matters into his own hands, submitting a revised revenue bill to the Legislature.

There was some talk among WFP insiders early on about running a high - profile progressive like actor Alec Baldwin instead of Cuomo in hopes of generating the 50,000 votes necessary to retain its official ballot status.

There is growing optimism that the Senate will be able to muster the votes necessary to advance a three - week funding measure to reopen the federal government, Republican and Democratic aides and lawmakers say.

Since the Assembly passed the bill this summer, Senate Democrats have been biding time, assuring advocates they'd eventually secure the 32 votes necessary for passage.

But council Majority Leader Tom Hoffay said that he was confident of the six votes necessary to override a veto.

The project fell one vote short at September's meeting of the Board - majority ten votes necessary to win approval.

They give 29 Republicans the edge needed to garner more than the 32 votes necessary to control the chamber, despite 32 enrolled Democrats in Senate seats, with another reliably Democratic seat temporarily vacant.

DeLeo (D - Winthrop) said he has the votes necessary to climb into the leadership roll after tomorrow's floor vote, a reality his rival for the seat, House Majority Leader John Rogers, (D - Norwood) confirmed.

Also, will the WEA get the 50,000 votes necessary to become an official party for the next four years — potentially providing its chief champion, former NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, with a comeback vehicle after losing the NYC mayor's race to Bill de Blasio?

In March, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic House leadership scrambled to find the votes necessary to ensure the passage of the health care bill, one of the most important parts of the political calculus was which of the most vulnerable Democrats would be allowed to cast their votes against the legislation, thereby increasing their chances of reelection in 2010.

No person should ever be denied their civil rights or the basic freedoms others can enjoy... I am fully committed to continuing the process of securing the 32 votes necessary for passage and ensuring that all New Yorkers can realize the right of marriage equality which is fundamentally theirs.»

The minor parties are jockeying for the 50,000 votes necessary to be permanent parties for at least the next four years.

Other Hispanic leaders such as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez are encouraging their community to vote on the WFP line — part of an apparent effort to ensure the party receives the 50,000 votes necessary to retain a place on the ballot.

The repeal push has the backing of Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, but it was not immediately clear Sunday whether Krasher, who represents the midtown 11th Ward, would have the eight votes necessary to pass it.

According to the office of the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, the legislation had the votes necessary to pass.

Composed of 58 Democrats and two Independents who caucus with the Democrats, the Senate Democratic Caucus potentially has the 60 votes necessary to break a Republican filibuster of the health care reform bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Democrats alone do not have the 32 votes necessary.

With a GOP majority so fragile a well - timed sneeze could blow it apart (another defecting Democrat, Brooklyn State Senator Simcha Felder, gives the Republicans just a one - seat advantage), the IDC can provide the votes necessary for a quorum if somebody falls ill, leaves the chamber or gets arrested.