Sentence examples for affirmative motion from inspiring English sources

A tie vote defeats an affirmative motion.

Alternatively, Parliament may effectively ignore the Council's adverse report with a motion passed with an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members.

But McConnell was relying on Senate Rule XXII, which says that, if the Senate wants to bring a debate to a close, "that question shall be decided in the affirmative by three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn — except on a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules, in which case the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the Senators present and voting".

The problem is that Senate Rule 22 states that for "a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules... the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the Senators present and voting".

The 50-page ruling, which preempted a trial by granting summary judgment motions, comes just 10 days after a federal appeals court in California upheld a now-defunct affirmative action program at the University of Washington.

Pleased affirmative.

Consider: Affirmative action.

The response was affirmative.

UAL175 "Affirmative.

"Too affirmative".

3. Affirmative action, again.