Sentences with phrase «almost unanimous vote»

Many thanks to my friends on Facebook, who after crowdsourcing a handful of book covers designed by the lovely Megan Johnson, it was almost a unanimous vote for the book cover in this post with the gold seal.

We have no doubt if every Member of Congress would devote the very little effort that is required to master the system, it would be immediately adopted by an almost unanimous vote.

Stakeholders in Sirius Resources have shown their support for the proposed acquisition by Independence Group, with three recommendations passing by an almost unanimous vote.

In February, Dauman added the title of chairman in an almost unanimous vote.

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«Just to be clear that the state Senate, almost in unanimous fashion, has voted to pass the first nine points of the Women's Equality Act twice now and I have been one of those who voted for it,» says Gipson.

The vote was almost unanimous, but Legislator Tom Barraga (R - West Islip) voted against the acquisition and Legislator DuWayne Gregory (D - Amityvile) was not in the room when the vote was taken.

Whether such an idea would find a majority of votes in the Assembly — the measure passed in the Senate, with almost unanimous Republican support and some Democratic opposition — is unclear.

Following an occasionally tense debate over the fairness of the measure, the vote was almost unanimous, with Legislator Ed Day casting the only opposing vote.

The vote was almost unanimous, with the sole dissenting vote coming from Legislator Alden H. Wolfe, who stated that he was not ready to be restricted to county executive C. Scott Vanderhoef's decision to hire private counsel when the county attorney's office is qualified to handle the matter.

Yesterday's unanimous Democratic vote might have been a display of party unity, but it also demonstrated a willingness to vote for almost anything.