vote against

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vote against someone or something

to cast a ballot against someone or something. Are you going to vote against the provision? I plan to vote against David.

See also: vote

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With 18 votes in favor, one abstention and no vote against it was also approved by the Committees of Specialty, in General, the Report Joint Opinion of the Proposal of Law that Alters the Organic Law of the Court of Auditors.

Angola : Deputies Analyzes Amendment to the Law of the Vat Code

@pea88 said: "So your decision to vote against same sex marriage is forgotten now?

Cairns 'regrets voting against gay marriage'

Pressed if he would vote against the Government in a confidence motion in the circumstance of no-deal, Mr Hammond said: "It's a hypothetical question because I don't know what the confidence motion is.

Philip Hammond refuses to rule out backing no-confidence vote in next Tory leader; The Chancellor said he wouldn't discuss hypotheticals but suggested he wouldn't back a Tory leader who wanted No Deal

"In PM's own words 'if MPs vote against the bill, they will be voting to stop Brexit'.

First minister vows to vote against premier's Withdrawal Agreement; SNP

User-Friendly Phone Book, the largest shareholder of Rand Capital Corporation owning 1,455,993 shares or approximately 23.0% of the Company, urged Rand shareholders to vote AGAINST the proposed transaction with East Asset Management, LLC using the WHITE proxy card at the special meeting of shareholders scheduled to take place on May 16, 2019.

User-Friendly urges Rand stockholders to vote against East transaction

Leave campaigner, former Brexit secretary andConservative MP Dominic Raabwas another to vote against the PM's Brexit deals in both January and March.

A look at how all of Surrey's MPs voted on the Brexit withdrawal agreement; Theresa May faced another setback as parliament rejected her withdrawal agreement

Blyth Valley: Ronnie Campbell (Labour) Will vote against.

North East MPs set to vote against deal; just one mp likely to back may plan tomorrow

Those MPs who plan to vote against Theresa May's plan and who represent constituencies that voted to leave are ignoring the democratic process.

People's vote plan; Letters.

For a second consecutive year, the United Kingdom broke with the European Union to vote against it, joining the United States, Israel, Canada, Australia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, and a few others.

UN Passes 6 Anti-Israel Resolutions, Rejects Jewish Ties to Jerusalem

Will vote against. She said: "I will not vote for a Brexit deal which does not meet Labour's six tests -- the tests are simply what the Tory government promised Brexit would deliver and what our economy requires."

How will North East MPs vote on Brexit? Only one will back Theresa May's under-fire deal; As the Prime Minister battles to win support for her Brexit plans, we reveal just one MP in the region says they will vote for it

Will vote against. Q Blyth Valley: Ronnie Campbell, Labour.

Brexit deal 'heading for defeat' say insiders; MPS URGED TO BACK DEAL TO AVOID ECONOMIC DOWNTURN

Gedi was adversely mentioned by Kimilili MP Didymus Barasa as having approached him with Sh10,000 in a blue envelope so as to vote against the report of the joint committee of Agriculture and Trade.

Fatuma Gedi admits lobbying MPs to reject sugar report, denies bribery claims

IT would be a puzzling thing indeed if Labour MPs for North East seats were to vote against Heathrow expansion.

Testing times

During his speech, Trump called on Congress to pass legislation that would undergird his threat against countries, which vote against his policies at the UN, following a scathing referendum there last month on his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

US says all foreign aid under review

The decision comes three weeks after the United States decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move its embassy, and four days after Guatemala was one of only nine countries in the UN to vote against a resolution slamming the US move.