Sentences with phrase «bill in a bipartisan manner»
The lawmakers even defeated the bill in a bipartisan manner, with three western Democrats joining the six Republicans, also all from western Suffolk, who opposed it.
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County Executive George Latimer has always made a point to highlight his political history of working with Republicans in a bipartisan manner, whether it was giving committee chairmanships to Republicans when he served as chairman of the BOL, or getting Republican support for his bills while in the State Senate.
Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Politico that the decision by Reid, who planned to bring the bill up for a vote without amendments, reflects the fact that «the majority leader can't work in bipartisan manner to help the residents in the Gulf.»