Sentences with phrase «committee voted against an amendment»

All Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted against an amendment that states that global warming exists, regardless of cause.

The approval came hours after the same committee voted against an amendment that would have banned weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used by Nikolas Cruz in the Parkland shootings.

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Interestingly, Sen. John McCain, who the day before complained about Republicans» method of «trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,» voted against the Democratic amendment to send health - care back to the starting line in committee.

Foreign secretary William Hague had appealed to Conservative MPs in an evening meeting of the 1922 Committee to vote against the amendment.

Knowing that his amendment was fated to lose on the same party - line vote as the other amendments, Lipinski told ScienceInsider that he withdrew it so that the committee's Republicans did not have to publicly vote against the higher spending level for NSF.