Sentences with phrase «with votes in both houses»

You're no longer a bum in a chair with a vote in the House of Commons.»

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Even Democrats» least controversial demand, for disaster funding, faced pushback in 2017, with many Republicans in the House voting against various packages for hurricane and wildfire relief.

When Vitter was in the House of Representatives he actually took calls from the DC Madam during roll call votes; later, Sen. Vitter expressed outrage over purported actions of the poverty group ACORN, where several staffers showed tolerance toward conservative operatives with a hidden camera who were pretending to be involved in prostitution.

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the ihouse of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the iHouse of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

According to Wolfango Piccoli, from analysis firm Teneo Intelligence, the Five Star leader faces a dilemma: partner up with Lega and risk alienating his own party due to conflicting platforms, or run the risk of holding multiple inconclusive voting rounds and not end up with a speaker in the House.

The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority of the U.K.'s House of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not haHouse of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not hahouse of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.

The Senate reached a deal mid-Monday to end the government shutdown until Feb. 8, with a House vote expected later in the afternoon.

He won by 342 votes to 198 with 2 abstentions in the lower house, a much wider margin than in Wednesday's vote in the Senate, where he remains vulnerable to further defections by allies like one that forced him to resign temporarily last week.

Although the bill drew bipartisan support in the Senate, with 14 Republicans voting for it, it will almost certainly face a tougher fight in the Republican - controlled House of Representatives in the weeks to come.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Its score of 25.5 percent in the lower house was just ahead of the 25.4 percent for Bersani's Democratic Party, which ran in a coalition with the leftist SEL party and it won almost 8.7 million votes overall, more than any other single party.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear the bill banning assault rifles and large capacity magazines.

Sorry to recycle, but with the Comey hearings sucking up all the air, folks may have missed that today the House today passed that fahrblunget bit of chazari known as the Choice Act, which largely repeals Dodd - Frank financial reform (it requires D votes in the Senate, so a much heavier lift over there, thankfully).

Sheryl Acquaroli, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is overcome with emotion in the gallery of the House of Representatives after the vote.

The unveiling of the Senate plan, combined with a House committee vote to send a version of its bill to the House floor, is a step forward in the party's race to rewrite the U.S. tax code before year's end.

The fate of health care reform in the Senate is uncertain, with members of both parties saying major changes need to be made to the House version of the bill before the Senate can vote.

As a minority government for the past three years, the Conservatives could not govern with complete independence for fear of losing a vote of non-confidence in the House of Commons.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

On January 29, 2018, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (herein after «the Committee») voted to disclose publicly a memorandum containing classified information provided to the Committee in connection with its oversight activities (the «Memorandum,» which is attached to this letter).

Their control of the House has been strengthened by two factors: 1) Democrats» tendency to win with overwhelming margins in heavily Democratic urban areas, thus wasting votes; and 2) gerrymandering, which is the process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favour one's party.

In the name of transparency, let us hope so («House panel votes to release Democratic memo on Russia probe, setting up showdown with Trump,» Feb. 5).

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

With that definition in place, Louie Crew proceeds to grade the 113 bishops in the Episcopalian House of Bishops who have since 1979 voted on one or more resolutions having do with ordaining homosexuWith that definition in place, Louie Crew proceeds to grade the 113 bishops in the Episcopalian House of Bishops who have since 1979 voted on one or more resolutions having do with ordaining homosexuwith ordaining homosexuals.

CNN: Passing significant test, Gingrich wins more S.C. evangelicals than rivals If there were any doubts that Newt Gingrich, a thrice - married convert to Catholicism, could connect with the evangelical voters who make up the Republican Party base, Saturday's South Carolina primary put them to rest, with the former House Speaker winning twice as many evangelical votes as anyone else in the race.

South Dakota followed on January 31, with both houses unanimously voting in favor of a similar resolution.

In states with higher per capita income, greater housing prices, Ivy League schools, and other fine universities, Obama's greatest win was in Massachusetts (romney's political experience) with about 60 % of the votIn states with higher per capita income, greater housing prices, Ivy League schools, and other fine universities, Obama's greatest win was in Massachusetts (romney's political experience) with about 60 % of the votin Massachusetts (romney's political experience) with about 60 % of the vote.

With Huckabee on the sidelines, other Republican White House hopefuls will have a better chance of picking up evangelical votes, which accounted for more than half the GOP electorate in Iowa and South Carolina in 2008, according to polling.

The parliamentary vote in favour of same - sex marriage in July 2013 was greeted with applause in the House of Commons.

Monday's vote received the two - thirds majority it needed in each of the three houses of the General Synod to pass, with members of the laity on this occasion overturning their previous opposition to the move.

The votes in the House of Bishops were 36 for and one against, with no abstentions.

(Washington, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today commended the release of the Senate Finance Committee tax reform proposal as an important step forward in Congress towards passing critical reforms to the nation's tax code, and urged the House to move forward with plans to vote on its bill this week.

In this truly unique event, taking place on Wednesday, July 15th at the Napoleon House, eight of the best male and female bartenders from around the country will battle it out and create original Mandarine Napoléon cocktails, with guests in attendance voting to determine their fatIn this truly unique event, taking place on Wednesday, July 15th at the Napoleon House, eight of the best male and female bartenders from around the country will battle it out and create original Mandarine Napoléon cocktails, with guests in attendance voting to determine their fatin attendance voting to determine their fate.

When the promotion concludes at 11:59 pm EST on July 31st, 2017, the five (5) chefs with the most online votes will win a trip to the historic James Beard House in New York City where they will showcase their blended burgers at an exclusive event in 2018.

To vote in the awards and to be in with a chance of winning a break at the family friendly hotel Knoll House, follow this link to the Sudocrem website — it's that easy.

To coincide with debate on the waiver, Laurie David and Stephanie Soechtig, co-producers of the new documentary film «Fed Up,» delivered red and blue M&M's to the 29 House members who voted in favor of the waiver in committee last week.

«I'm quietly confident, in a non-complacent way, that the people who are flirting with the Greens, a large number of them will end up voting Labour - for positive reasons, because we've got radical policies on the environment, we've got very good policies on addressing inequality, the housing crisis, the NHS.

In 2004, the Rs managed a narrow victory around the country, with Bush winning the popular vote and electoral college but with the Rs essentially keeping the same number of seats in the HousIn 2004, the Rs managed a narrow victory around the country, with Bush winning the popular vote and electoral college but with the Rs essentially keeping the same number of seats in the Housin the House.

Where once we had a great battle of ideologies in public life, between the socialist left and the capitalist right, between authoritarians and liberals, now we have only the coffee house gossip of whether Keith Vaz will get a knighthood for his vote on 42 days and the identities of the «thirty women» Nick Clegg says he has slept with.

The average majority members in both houses voted with their respective leaders between 97.41 percent (Assembly Democrats) and 98.87 percent (Senate Republicans) of the time.

Assemblyman Jack McEneny, the Democratic LATFOR co-chair, has been saying the House lines will likely be out sometime toward the end of this month, with a vote likely scheduled for the first week in March.

That disappointment is nothing compared with the words which the Leader of the House uttered, but let me say this to those outside and to everyone in this House; the Leader of the House and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, have been supporters of these rights throughout their time in office and on the Back Benches, they have worked incredibly hard to secure us our free vote, and I thank them wholeheartedly for their continued support, whatever small print they were forced to read out.

Seven New York Republicans in the House of Representatives last week voted against the Republican - backed budget plan, with several citing concerns over the end to deductions.

In the House of Commons on 23rd February, Cameron said that, «If the British people vote to leave, there is only one way to bring that about, namely to trigger Article 50 of the treaties and begin the process of exit...» He could have chosen from hundreds of other words in this context - «apply», «appeal» or «administer» for instance (just to pick words beginning with the letter «a»)-- but, no, he decided to go with triggeIn the House of Commons on 23rd February, Cameron said that, «If the British people vote to leave, there is only one way to bring that about, namely to trigger Article 50 of the treaties and begin the process of exit...» He could have chosen from hundreds of other words in this context - «apply», «appeal» or «administer» for instance (just to pick words beginning with the letter «a»)-- but, no, he decided to go with triggein this context - «apply», «appeal» or «administer» for instance (just to pick words beginning with the letter «a»)-- but, no, he decided to go with trigger.

I'm proud to join with Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the entire Democratic Conference in calling on the State Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.»

In her speech, she singled out Labour and the Liberal Democrats, as well as the House of Lords: «In recent weeks Labour have threatened to vote against the final agreement we reach with the EU.

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedHouse - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse - this way the losing side gets represented too.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appears determined to remain in power, but her resolve is at odds with growing numbers of Democratic candidates who view her as politically toxic and are pledging to vote against her as their leader.

Miracle's goodwill and attitude throughout the 85 days he spent with his colleagues in the house earned him so much support and votes, hence his emergence.

The House voted to prohibit sexual relationships between lawmakers and their employees, a remarkable rules change that brings the institution in line with the military and the private sector after a rash of sexual harassment and misconduct allegations roiled Capitol Hill.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.