Sentences with phrase «when voting on this issue»

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Indeed, the last big vote on the free trade issue went free - traders way, when Congress voted to give President Obama fast track authority to negotiate the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.

Last year, officials from Moscow's government told local media that they were looking into the technology in a bid to reduce the risk of fraud when people are voting on city management issues.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

«We use PA reports as a supplement when considering how to vote on an issue.

A Morrow Sodali survey finds that 68 percent of institutional investor respondents cite as highly important «the quality and completeness of [a company's] disclosures on business strategy and issues of material importance» when making voting decisions on director elections and other agenda items.

When TSLA and SCTY shareholders vote on the proposed merger on November 17, investors need to question whether this merger is just another promise by Musk to distract from larger issues facing both companies.

Even when they had the White House (George W) and both Houses of Congress the GOP never even introduced, much less voted on, any bill banning abortion, allowing prayer in school, banning gay marriage or any other of the wedge issues they use to attract a certain mentally deranged segment of the population to their side by pretending to defend those things that are important to Christian conservatives.

(I know, because I was the President of the Zoning Commission which formed the regulations when the township was forced to vote on the zoning issue several years ago, which did get defeated.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

When the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement within Judaism issued guidelines for homosexual marriage by a vote of thirteen in favor, none opposed, and one abstention earlier this year, a Gentile friend of mine e-mailed me....

When you pro-life contradictions stop acting like life begins at conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged caWhen you pro-life contradictions stop acting like life begins at conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged cawhen you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged cause.

When those who have won the day on this issue (and by «the day» I mean every denominational vote on the issue since 1972) and are gaining more and more power in the denomination offer the possibility of a just separation, why do those who claim to be on the side of the oppressed want to maintain the oppressive status quo?

Anyway, you were a little off topic, I'm assumng you are one of those people who votes Republican everytime primarily on the issue of Abortion even when your Republican leaders salivate at the chance to send our children in to harms way via war.

The only time I ever hear politics mentioned from the pulpit is about this time every year when church members are reminded of our duty as citizens of the U.S. to vote and to become informed on the issues and candidates before choosing how they will vote.

Editorial from The Salvation Army Newspaper The War Cry for 5th April 08 Headlines of a prime ministerial change of mind on allowing Labour MPs a conscience vote when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill goes before the Commons next month have focused on one issue - animal - human hybrid embryos.

When they know that we'll show up on voting day and make our voice heard, they'll be far more likely to address the issues that concern us when they're actually in governmWhen they know that we'll show up on voting day and make our voice heard, they'll be far more likely to address the issues that concern us when they're actually in governmwhen they're actually in government.

Last March, when the same issue was on the ballot, it lost by only 62 votes out of 6,628 cast.

Opponents of a proposed gas station on the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Route 53 near Glen Ellyn caught a break Tuesday when members of the DuPage County Development Committee voted 5 to 1 in favor of sending the issue back to the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Park District Executive Director Barbara Heller said Friday that some board members were still considering placing an advisory referendum measure on the April 17 ballot and may reconsider the issue at a future meeting when all board members are present for a vote.

The national nutrition standards that ensure healthy school meals could be on the congressional chopping block when the issue is put to a vote this September.

We're slowly learning, following the rejected referenda on elected mayors and the electoral voting system, that when you give the public a choice on a specific issue the decisive battleground is never the actual issues.

Thompson, a Buffalo Democrat, told me in no uncertain terms that he's not going to leave his colleague, Sen. Bill Stachowski, «out to dry like that» when it comes to balking on the revenue bill, which leaves at least two solid «no» votes until the Assembly decides to deal on this issue.

I met with them when they were launching their site, a portal for learning about the candidates» position on 14 core issues and about newly changed voting procedures (similar to our Project Vote Smart in many respects).

When there is a clear consensus on an issue in the parliament, there is typically no popular vote.

«To me, it is an affront when a Peer says that he thought his peerage was a reward for his success as a composer and he did not expect to attend debates and vote on policy issues.

If he is not prepared to put his career on the line by only voting slavishly in line with the whip then there can not be any complaints about his lack of credibility when it comes to raising issues regarding his party's policy failures.

So who or which group decides when Congress votes on what issues and how flexible is this process?

Even when signatures are collected to put a measure on the ballot, they are audited in some way, and that is less critical of an issue than signing someone up to vote.

You might think about that check when it comes time to vote on an issue important to that donor.

Orthodox Jews tend to be more on the conservative side — particularly when it comes to issues of public safety — and they tend to vote in a bloc.

While Skelos ruled out a vote on the prekindergarten plan as a stand - alone issue, once - dead issues sometimes are revived when combined with other legislation in a compromise package that lawmakers support.

The Batavia Republican also proposed a measure on the Assembly floor Monday that would require a two - thirds vote of the house for Messages of Necessity to be accepted when issued by the governor.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

However when «party» issues are voted on, the voting strength of the party takes primacy.

The Representatives are elected as individuals, and therefore are equal when voting on «non party» issues.

The MP exercises the heavy vote on behalf of party E which is proportional to the party E share of the popular vote (when it is a party political issue).

When each MP votes on «party» issues in parliamentary divisions, the value of the vote they cast is the parliamentary vote value.

The death certificate will not be issued for another six months when the referendum on change to the voting system is held, but the No campaign has already prevailed.

Why would anyone vote for the Jury Team party list of candidates when the individuals on the list are all liable to have completely different and opposing views on the whole range of issues of the day?

David Cameron lost a parliamentary vote on this issue in 2013, when intervention was unpopular among the public.

On a day when the Labour leader needed to be picking up votes, Gordon Brown was forced to issue a succession of apologies after a gaffe in which he referred to a Labour - supporting Rochdale voter as «bigoted».

The journey that these senators took to vote yes on Marriage Equality echoes many of the journey's that many of us took to rethink and reconsider this issue when Marriage Equality became law in the state of New York and took effect on July 24, 2011.

Even on March 1, when his party, the APC, had passed a vote of confidence in him, denying that it was not the same as endorsing him for a second term, the President had remained silent on the issue, keeping some people guessing.

When the town board took away the voters» right (to vote on the assessors issue) in a sense, turning their backs on them, I thought that showed a huge disrespect to the residents of Thurman, by the board.

The story said Silver wouldn't speculate on when to vote on the issue.

Ministers have promised a vote in both Houses of parliament on the issue when the government has decided on its stance.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

Sure, we can believe Sen. Skelos on this issue, just like we could beleive him when he said he was giving Republicans carte blanche to vote however they liked — even as he secretly locked every one of them into a «no» vote.

But Labour backbenchers face a difficult dilemma over HS2 when the issue is voted on in the Commons this Thursday.

The Royal College of Surgeons had previously refused to outright oppose the bill, preferring to engage with the government on specific issues, but it is likely to change its position when members and fellows vote on five separate statements tonight.