Sentences with phrase «voting on the issue today»

The Democrats are (not so) secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

Democrats in the state Senate, fed up with gun - control bills going nowhere in the GOP - controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

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VICTORIA - B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan issued the following statement on the B.C. Liberals losing the confidence of the legislature: «Today's vote is a step toward a new government that puts regular British Columbians first.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the 65 - 32 vote in the U.S. Senate today to move forward and take up bipartisan national legislation on disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients.

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. («ISS»), the nation's leading independent proxy advisory firm, has issued a report recommending that RiceBran Technologies shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card «FOR» the election of ALL the Company's director nominees — W. John Short, Marco V. Galante, David Goldman, Baruch Halpern, Henk W. Hoogenkamp, Robert C. Schweitzer and Peter A. Woog — at RiceBran Technologies» Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the «Annual Meeting») on June 22, 2016.

Today's debate will be followed by a free vote, meaning the Tories are not technically being whipped on the issue.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending proposal, which was due to be voted on last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of Budget.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said that he would like to finish voting on all the issues today.

PM tells Today programme he does not favour a public vote on the issue as all three parties are committed to reform

Today, Michael Fabricant takes up the issue in the Telegraph, calling for a new Act of Union to provide for English votes on English laws in Parliament (thanks are due to General Boles for the illustration of the Lichfield MP as St George).

At a special conference today in Maghera, the SDLP have allowed their members and representatives a conscience vote on the issue of abortion.

Plans to fast - track a new generation of power stations were met with some resistance today, after the Tories called for a vote on the issue.

Lanza, the only senator to comment after the meeting, said he didn't expect a vote today on the issue.

Well, there isn't much news today other than the failure of the House Republicans to get enough votes on their signature issue of the last seven years: Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

The MassGOP today had a press conference calling on Coakley to step up and have her own investigations into phantom voting and the Vitale — Speaker issue.

But the measure was opposed by Liberal Democrats, who secured the freedom under the Coalition Agreement to abstain in any vote on the issue, and Mr Clarke indicated today in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that tough economic conditions made it unlikely to be introduced before 2015.

Godfrey, one of only 10 legislators who voted on the tax in 1991 and remains at the Capitol today, said there has been no issue like it since.

Assembly members will take up the issue today when they vote on the packaged deal that was announced Tuesday by state leaders.

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

Vote Leave has stepped up its campaigning on immigration in recent weeks, and senior Tories Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Priti Patel all attacked the Prime Minister over the issue today.

ACC issued the following statement in response to today's Senate vote regarding a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule to regulate methane venting and flaring from oil and gas operations on public lands.

Those sentiments were also reflected in a recent survey on NEA's Education Votes Web site, where educators were asked what they consider to be the most pressing issues facing education today.

This is still a live issue today with «say on pay,» voting rules on directors, shareholder proposals, splitting the role of CEO and Chairman, etc..

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