Sentences with phrase «votes needed for»

If 50 legislators approve it, it goes to a second constitutional convention next year, with another 50 votes needed for it to go on the ballot.

It faces broad resistance from Republicans and proponents admit it will be an uphill struggle to reach the 60 votes needed for approval in the the Senate that would withstand a presidential veto.

This figure alone exceeds the 89 votes needed for victory, and it makes no allowance for other sources of pro-union votes (such as relatives, friends, or neighbors).

A $ 600 - million, seven - year program to fund asbestos removal in public and private schools will be considered by the U.S. Senate some time in the next few weeks, and its sponsors are cautiously optimistic that it will win the votes needed for passage.

With 60 votes needed for the endorsement, it seems neither of them will have it going into the primary.

Some in the WFP, a union - controlled New York City - based party, even fear that with Cuomo at the top of their ticket, they won't get the 50,000 votes needed for legal recognition because of voter anger over the governor's refusal to support Mayor de Blasio's plan to tax high earners to fund universal pre-K.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed as modern - day «Benedict Arnolds» for casting crucial votes needed for a controversial tax overhaul he contends will harm middle - class New Yorkers while enriching the wealthy.

With rumors racing and no clear evidence anyone had amassed the 76 votes needed for his ouster, the speaker began to reach out with his plan.

Katko is considered a key swing vote because Republicans can afford to lose only about 20 votes and still have the 218 votes needed for passage.

He is a political animal who rolls with the side that can produce the votes needed for him to attain what he wants.

(More than 100 ballots were disqualified, yet were included in the determination of the total number of votes needed for a victory.)

The measure fell just short of the 60 votes needed for passage, despite frantic last - minute lobbying by supporters, especially Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who faces a runoff election on Dec. 6.

Some pro-gay-marriage GOPers have confessed that they're afraid to go public because they don't want to wind up being the crucial 32nd vote needed for passage, a potentially suicidal political position.

In recent weeks, Molinaro has racked up a series of endorsements, counting more than 40 percent of the weighted vote needed for the party's designation status.

Miner, also a Democrat, wouldn't say today whether she has the four votes she needs for the veto to survive.

His tearful reversal provided the 76th vote needed for passage.

Not exact matches

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

That fact is adding urgency to the task of electing cooperative Republicans — a need underscored last month when Cruz forced McConnell to scramble for votes on a deal to lift the debt limit.

The Senate will have 63 «yes» votes for Keystone next year and is «starting to coast» to the 67 that would be needed to overturn an Obama veto, Hoeven predicted.

Republican leadership reportedly needs the support of just one more GOP lawmaker to reach the 50 - vote threshold required for the Graham - Cassidy bill to pass.

Although Unifor again claims it has surpassed the 40 % threshold needed to call a vote, organizers are still trying to drum up enough support to comfortably meet the majority of the 7,000 workers required for victory.

And it means distilleries need to have long - term plans for investments and financing — all of which could be thrown into turmoil in a single day, Sept. 18, when Scotland votes on whether to leave Britain.

Clinton never had a majority of the electorate voting for him, and Bush's election needed a Supreme Court ruling to certify it.

Those agreements still need to be voted on for approval.

And they don't need to hear every grisly detail of your divorce or whom you voted for in the last election.

As the U.S. Constitution authorizes states to manage the time, place, and manner for voting, there is no nationwide security standard that all state Board of Elections need to meet.

«I think it's just a disaster for the Republican Party, because it means you need 60 votes on most pieces of legislation and you're not going to get it.»

Update: May's Conservative party came up a few votes shy for a needed majority, making the prospects for a «soft Brexit» all the more likely.

According to the credit society's constitution, a minimum of 25 per cent of members were required to make the vote count, with 75 per cent of those voting needed to support demutualisation for it to go ahead.

If that was not successful, StateWest would need to hold a postal ballot so its members could vote for a second time on demutualisation.

Tesla shareholders are due to vote on March 21, and the company needs majority approval for the proposal to go through.

A game time decision on Congress» next big legislative push — including whether or not to use a special procedural pathway in the Senate that would nix the need for any Democratic votes — may come down to what President Donald Trump tells Republican leadership during a meeting this weekend at Camp David.

On Tuesday, there was a federal court hearing for Greenlight's case against Apple and the judge said that he needed more time to consider Einhorn's request for an injunction to block the vote on Apple's proxy.

In order to pass Graham - Cassidy, Republicans needed 50 of their 52 members to vote for the bill.

«But she said that she needed something done in three months because the legislation was coming up for a vote.»

They need legislation that can pass with 51 votes, and for that, they need the bill to not raise the long - run deficit.

Dual - class structures are designed to make it difficult or impossible for non-founder shareholders to generate a majority vote, which is needed to make certain changes at the company, such as replacing the CEO.

The Globe and Mail editorial endorses CCGG's positions on the need for majority voting in uncontested director elections and for shareholder involvement in the director nomination process

«My whole thing is that if it's emergency funding, then historically we need to look at what we do with FEMA and properly fund it,» Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC), who also did not vote for the aid package, said.

If they refuse to vote for his nomination then that means the Obama administration needs to find some Republicans willing to make up the shortfall.

We need a better quality of politicians to vote for.

«The bill provides much - needed relief from the Dodd - Frank Act for thousands of community banks and credit unions, and will spur lending and economic growth without creating risks to the financial system,» the White House said in a statement after the vote.

So they will vote for any politician that promise to lower taxes and against any that say we need to increase them.

Regardless of the «he said, she said» narrative, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; a bill would require drafting, after which it would need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

Regardless, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; the bill will require drafting, after which it will need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

«When I brought forward the British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014, all the Liberal government needed to do was vote yes,» said New Democrat MLA for Stikine Doug Donaldson.

Senate Finance Committee aides said they planned to make adjustments to the legislation because it probably does not comply with the rules for a special Senate procedure they hope to use to pass the bill with 50 votes, rather than the 60 votes typically needed to beat a filibuster.

In the future, blockchain tools could serve as a foundational infrastructure for casting, tracking, and counting votes — potentially eliminating the need for recounts by taking voter fraud and foul play off the table.

And you may vote a certain way or not but that doesn't matter, you've got 27,000 employees and I think the fact is that you're operating under a Federal Trade Commission consent decree from 2011, that's a real thing and it goes for twenty years so when someone said «do we need more regulations, do we need more legislation?»

«Just as portfolio managers and analysts are increasingly integrating ESG factors into their investment processes, those professionals responsible for their firms» proxy voting policies and, ultimately their actual proxy votes, also need insights into how these issues are being managed within the boardroom.