Sentences with phrase «cast votes against a bill»

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None of the Republican senators cast a vote against the budget bill that included the wage increase.

McMahon was under pressure to support the Democrats» healthcare reform bill in March but ultimately cast a vote against the legislation.

In March, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic House leadership scrambled to find the votes necessary to ensure the passage of the health care bill, one of the most important parts of the political calculus was which of the most vulnerable Democrats would be allowed to cast their votes against the legislation, thereby increasing their chances of reelection in 2010.

Nick Clegg said we would be doing so last summer, when the votes of almost half of the Conservative parliamentary party were cast against Lords reform, making progress on the Lords reform bill impossible.

Kruger is a reported closet case, and cast a vote against marriage equality last year when the bill came up.

Just one lawmaker rose to speak against the bill: Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx, the only Democratic senator to cast a no vote.

O'Donnell, a former teacher and teachers union representative, cast the sole vote against it, while Tony Thurmond, D - Richmond, a candidate for the 2018 race for state superintendent of public instruction, expressed concerns about the bill but didn't vote.

The National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title absolutely opposes the Native Title Amendment Bill, calls upon all parliamentarians to cast their vote against this legislation, and invites the Australian Government to open up immediate negotiations with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for coexistence between the Indigenous Peoples and all Australians.

These votes were cast by persons representing a strong libertarian posture and they routinely vote against any bill that smacks of government regulation!