Sentences with phrase «largely along partisan lines»

The bill creating the committee passed in June largely along partisan lines with most Republicans backing the legislation and most Democrats opposed.

The Senate Budget Committee signed off on the bill (SB 1718), already passed by the Florida House, largely along partisan lines with a single Republican — Sen. Evelyn Lynn of Ormond Beach — joining Democrats in opposition.

Leutkemeyer said in a press release that his amendment, which passed 244 to 179 largely along partisan lines, represented «a victory for taxpayers.»

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Overall, the reaction seemed largely divided along partisan lines, with Republicans backing it and Democrats opposing it — with some exceptions — despite the fact that infrastructure was once touted by both parties as something that could be a bipartisan initiative.

That court is largely made up of Democrats, and the judges» questioning appeared to break along partisan lines.

The Ryan budget, which has proved once again to be a lighting rod in the national debate over taxes and spending, passed in the House of Representatives along largely partisan lines 228 to 191.

Wolf's comments quickly opened a divide, largely but not entirely along partisan lines, over the limits of comedy and comity under a president who rarely hesitates to attack the press.

Commenting on the exchanges, Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation says, «Governors are largely splitting along partisan lines on the exchanges.