ratifying

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The two largest proxy-advisory firms recommended that investment-fund clients vote against ratifying BlackRock’s executive comp packages, citing transparency concerns over how performance incentives are determined and the complexity of the growing carried interest program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Von der Leyen said Thursday that the bloc has made "good progress" towards ratifying the deal by early July.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

When ratifying the amendment in 1868, however, Congress explicitly recognized that it would also apply to the American-born offspring of immigrants.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2002, Burton carried legislation ratifying the prison officers’ contract negotiated by the Davis administration granting officers a raise of roughly 35% over five years, and boosting their pensions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Granted also that the place of slavery in the new national order had come up in several state ratifying conventions in 1788.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis