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A majority-vote rule at Life Technologies influenced its endorsement of annual elections following talks with Cummings, the investor that submitted this year's resolution at Life Technologies and 13 other companies and won commitments from half of them.

More Directors Face Yearly Votes Joann S. Lublin 2011

I suggest that at least at the beginning of the next Congressional session (if not sooner) the Senate (through a normal majority-vote procedure concerning the rules) change the filibuster from needing 60 votes to BREAK and make it require 41 votes to sustain.

Think Progress » White House Signals That It Will Fight Back Against GOP Abuse Of Filibuster 2010

The California State Teachers' Retirement System, another big public pension fund, is mounting a similar majority-vote campaign at smaller businesses for the 2011 proxy season.

Calpers, Apple at Odds on Governance Joann S. Lublin 2010

Second, they failed to pass a meaningful majority-vote or proxy access rule for corporate ballots.

A Missed Opportunity on Financial Reform 2010

Calpers is submitting majority-vote proposals at three other companies with 2011 annual meetings later than Apple's.

Calpers, Apple at Odds on Governance Joann S. Lublin 2010

The annual gathering comes as House and Senate leaders are putting the finishing touches on a strategy to pass a final health care bill using a majority-vote maneuver known as reconciliation.

Sebelius To Lion's Den: Plans To Address Insurers 2010

Many governance experts and shareholder activists back majority-vote rules, because they make it easier to force out directors when shareholders decide a company's board needs a change.

Calpers, Apple at Odds on Governance Joann S. Lublin 2010

The annual gathering comes as House and Senate leaders are putting the finishing touches on a strategy to pass a final health care bill using a majority-vote maneuver known as reconciliation.

Sebelius To Lion's Den: Plans To Address Insurers 2010

None represented companies that had majority-vote rules at the time of the election, according to the Council of Institutional Investors.

Calpers, Apple at Odds on Governance Joann S. Lublin 2010

Back then, when the Republicans controlled everything, the big story was how a threatened Democratic filibuster against, say, one of Bush's right-wing judicial nominations would be met by the Republican "nuclear option" - "" using a majority-vote on a rule change to eliminate the filibuster permanently.

The GOP's Filibuster Hypocrisy 2009