Sentences with phrase «party line vote»

«I'm not an automatic party line vote by any means,» he said.

I'm glad the climate change bill was approved by the Maryland Senate but sorry to see it passed strictly along partisan lines («Climate change bill passes Senate on party line vote,» March 10).

Democrats needed to win a net gain of one seat to effectively wrest power away from Republicans; as Senate President, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam would have presumably served as the tiebreaker in party line votes of 20 - 20.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law took the first steps in reversing language in the 2005 bankruptcy law related to private student loan debt by approving on a 6 - 3 party line vote H.R. 5043, the Private Student... Continue reading →

This is probably the weakest as they can not influence the more dominant party, but some voters are principled in their non-committed party lines voting.

The measure passed in the Senate 21 - 14 on a strict party line vote as the Democrats backed Malloy.

Despite GOP warnings that the bill would be ruled unconstitutional, the Democratic House majority pushed the legislation through on a straight party line vote after nearly five hours of debate.

The measure voted down by a largely party line vote on April 11th would have been the first step toward forcing a vote on the property tax cap in the Assembly.

This deal handed Meegan her reelection win, which she would not have gotten without the almost 4,000 Conservative Party line votes she received.

On Monday, the House, which has a Democratic majority, approved about a dozen of Malloy's nominees on slim party line votes.

The moves came in a series of amendments to a 2016 spending bill for the Department of Commerce, home of the Census Bureau, and several other agencies that passed last night on a mostly party line vote of 242 to 183.

The only recorded vote was a 12 - 4 party line vote against a different proposal from Rep. John Richards (Richards Motion 492 and Richards Motion 493).

The bills that have been passed were approved in overwhelmingly party line votes with widespread support from Republicans.

The chamber's 51 - 48 party line vote just before 12:45 a.m. Wednesday in Washington brought President Donald Trump to the brink of his first major legislative victory.

Several related GOP amendments were rejected on party line votes.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law took the first steps in reversing language in the 2005 bankruptcy law related to private student loan debt by approving on a 6 - 3 party line vote H.R. 5043, the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

With two skeptical Republican senators falling in line Friday, the GOP appears set to have the support to push the bill through next week on a party line vote.

The state Senate on Wednesday passed the second of two House bills defining residency for voting, HB 1264, in 14 - 10 party line vote.

In a party line vote, the state Senate Codes Committee voted down the proposed Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act, which would make it a felony if a gun owner fails to safely store a loaded weapon and the gun is used by a child under 18 to kill or injure a child.

The House on Thursday voted 211 - 186, on a party line vote, to table the privileged resolution that would have implicated the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee with violating «Clause 1 of Rule XXIII of the Code of Official Conduct, which states that «A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, Officer or Employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.»

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will lead a multi-state legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's rollback of net neutrality regulations, approved Thursday in a party line vote.

That GOP proposal was also defeated on a party line vote.

After several minutes of procedural confusion, the Senate cast a party line vote of 18 - 12 to adjourn their session without a debate, infuriating minority Republicans.

The Senate vote is coming a week after the state House of Representatives approved the agreement on a party line vote of 78 to 72.

The deal was approved 78 to 72 on a party line vote.

So if there's a party line vote in that chamber, Democratic Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman would have to break the tie, in order to approve the deal.

The City Council voted on a party line vote to appoint Gregory A. Merchant to the IDA Board.

White Plains, NY — Republican County Legislators criticized a «flawed process that led to a flawed product,» and blasted their Democratic counterparts for their strict adherence to party line votes to override virtually all of County Executive Rob Astorino's vetoes.

The move was defeated on a 54 - 39 party line vote.?

Senate Democrats declared victory after the 60 - 39 party line vote, but one of the most complicated tasks is still ahead.

Last week, the Appointments Committee of the Board of Legislators voted 2 to 1 on a party line vote to reject the appointments of Ed Buroughs as Planning Commissioner (currently Acting Commissioner) and Mary Mahon as Director of Real Estate.

«We've protected the National Science Foundation because we understand that funding basic research is essential to the nation,» Representative John Culberson (R — TX), chairman of the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations subcommittee that oversees NSF's budget, told the full committee before his $ 54 billion bill was adopted on a 31 — 21 party line vote.

If it follows the party line vote seen in the House, Newton expects it to pass and Republican Governor Bill Haslam to sign it into law.

In a drastic response to the Democratic ploy, Representative Randy Weber (R — TX) moved that the markup be adjourned, a motion that passed by a party line vote of 6 to 4.

Like the House SS&T committee, last year the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee approved a bill on a party line vote.

The resolution doesn't contain punitive measures included in the Republican - supported bill that passed the Assembly on a party line vote of 61 - 36.

On a 5 - 2 party line vote, with two Republicans opposed, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to send AB 5, the bill rewriting the teacher evaluation law, to the full Senate for a vote next week.

After several minutes of procedural confusion, the Senate cast a party line vote of 18 - 12 to adjourn their session without a debate, infuriating minority Republicans.

The House may consider the new definition of a «first class school district» today, and with a party line vote expected, congratulations to DPS and the teachers» union on your victory.

That 2014 proposal SB 6088, was approved by the Senate Law & Justice Committee on a 4 - 3 party line vote on February 4 and sent onto the Senate Rules Committee.

In another party line vote, the FCC moved to scale back the scope of its Lifeline program, which offers subsidies for low - income Americans to purchase landline and mobile phone plans and broadband internet services.