Sentences with phrase «vote against the lines»

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«The bottom line is there are members here who understood the president's preference and were willing to vote against it anyway,» Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said Tuesday.

Why she could vote no: Murkowski previously helped bring down the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare, so she has a track record of voting against the party - line on contentious issues.

On a party - line vote, Trump - appointed chairman Ajit Pai and two other Republican commissioners voted in favor of revoking the rules, while the two Democrats on the commission voted against the move.

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.

Shareholders who have already cast their votes in the $ 24.4 billion buyout have lined up against the Dell deal, sources said.

Interestingly, Sen. John McCain, who the day before complained about Republicans» method of «trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,» voted against the Democratic amendment to send health - care back to the starting line in committee.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

I pay my taxes... I just vote against those who desire to continually raise them and send us spiraling into economic oblivion just so they, their union buddies, and their bedfellow corporate friends (e.g. the rail line operators) can get rich.

Basically you'd want to have only one vote against the «party line», so that you don't end up defeating yourself if 20 voters got the same idea.

Simon Hughes has drawn a line in the sand on the row over the spending review, saying Lib Dems would vote against changes to housing benefit unless there are major changes.

He says he last voted against his party on a three - line whip in the 1970s - and when he did so, two years later Margaret Thatcher appointed him to her government.

While there might be more stops by the former president in the future, it's possible Arcuri's «no» vote on the health care reform bill, which cost him the WFP line and labor support, might be a mark against him.

Ceretto said he's repeatedly voted against budgetary line items accepting money from the authority.

Boehner directed the House general counsel to defend DOMA against litigation after the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group on March 9 voted 3 - 2 along party lines to take up defense of the statute.

The Democratic Senate candidates who are challenging incumbent Republicans are in an even worse fix, especially if they happen to be unfortunate enough as to be running against one of the three GOP members who crossed party lines at Cuomo's request last summer to vote «yes» on same - sex marriage.

His Shadow Cabinet disintegrated; his Parliamentary Party passed a huge Vote of No Confidence against him — something that would have ended any other leader's time in office then and there — while large numbers of councillors, the Labour London Mayor and the Party's Leader in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, all lined up to condemn his ideas, or his performance, or both.

BP lobbied against the measure, which narrowly passed the Senate in a party - line vote with all the Republicans voting «no.»

The Labour leader has made a virtue of voting against his party line for many years.

Grover Norquist told the Washington Independent's Dave Weigel that Specter's commitment to voting against the labor bill is the «one silver lining in this decision.»

«When a big item like that comes up, no matter what political affiliation, they're voting against it, you're bringing that volume of people out and jump on that Democratic line and voted right across and that's what they did,» said current Legislature Chair John Mills.

Another example would be when elected officials vote against the party line for the sake of publicly standing when a bill is unpopular (conversely, popular) in their constituency, all while knowing that the majority is comfortable enough that a few dissenting voices (or a few more votes) won't matter.

Cuomo, running for his first term against Republican Carl Paladino, atually received less on the Independence line that year, about 146,000 votes.

Unmentioned is the fact that Cuomo, whose victory over Republican Rob Astorino in November is even more likely without a WFP candidate in the race, would probably seek some sort of retaliation against the WFP — assuming, that is, that the party managed to get 50,000 votes for Teachout on its ballot line in the November general election and maintained its official status.

Many Party members will take the same line as LabourList and want to convince themselves that elections in our Party are fair and above board.Sadly this is not the case.Last year after the CAC Election a number of delegates, from several different Regions, came forward and said full time officials encouraged them to vote against Katy and myself.This is totally against the Code of Conduct and, to me, is little different to ballot rigging.An investigation is underway.We have a good idea who was behind it.LeftFutures will keep you updated.

Of the two Tory abstainers, as a PPS until yesterday, Lee Scott, has no history of rebellion; meanwhile, Tracey Crouch, who also abstained, has still never actively voted in a division lobby against the government line.

The government then suffered its biggest Tory rebellion to date, in which one ministerial aide was sacked and one resigned as they joined colleagues to defy a three - line whip to vote against the second reading of the Lords reform bill.

The budget passed along party lines in the House, with four Republicans voting against the proposal and 189 Democrats casting no votes.

Labour was planning to vote against the programme motion, which allowed 10 days for line - by - line debate in a committee of the whole house, but party sources indicated around 20 - 25 days may be regarded as sufficient for the issues to be adequately aired.

Meanwhile, the Independent Democratic Conference is walking a fine line, partnering with the Republicans on things like the massive state budget, and voting against some GOP objectives.

It is difficult to imagine on what constitutional authority Corbyn could impose a three - line whip to make his MPs vote against intervention in Syria (though reports initially suggested this is what he had in mind).

Republicans must keep their plan's shortfall from spilling over that $ 1.5 trillion line or the measure will lose its protection against Democratic Senate filibusters, bill - killing delays that take 60 votes to overcome.

A City Council hopeful who came within a couple hundred votes of scoring an upset against Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin is gunning for a rematch after unexpectedly winning the Independence Party line.

Stephen Kinnock followed the party line in abstaining, but 48 of his colleagues voted against ministers» plans to cut # 12bn from the welfare budget.

«I think some of Mike's decisions in choosing to become a whip, when he couldn't vote against the party line... people see as rather odd.»

Schreibman's television advertisement campaign targeted senior citizens and women with promises to protect Medicare and women's rights while leveling criticism against Gibson's votes in line with Republican legislation that included funding cuts for Planned Parenthood and measures that would change the way Medicare is operated.

President Obama carried Higgins» current district with just 55 percent of the vote in 2008 and if his lines change even slightly, it could impact his re-election chances — paticularly if he has to face off against a fellow Democrat first.

«While WFP regularly rails against business interests, the fact that they control a ballot line in a state that allows fusion voting has given them an unfair influence in campaigns.

Some 15 members of the shadow ministerial team rebelled, including the farcical situation of three of the whips» office - Jeff Smith, Vicky Foxcroft and Thangam Debonnaire - voting against their own three - line whip.

Nine Republicans crossed party lines and voted against it.

The vote was split mostly between party lines in the committee, with eight Republicans voting against the bill and seven Democrats voting for it.

Legislator Nancy Low - Hogan voted against the override, stating that though neither budget met her expectations and the $ 12 million revenue line was inappropriate, her goal was to reduce the county's expenditures as much as possible.

One trend seems to be clear, there's a rising tide against district lines that maximize the voting efficacy of underrepresented ethnic groups.

For the record, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, stood tall: «The bottom line is that taxes are being raised» — as he and five colleagues voted against the new levies.

BP, under fire nationally for all the obvious reasons, was a player pushing against an Albany bill to reduce the level of of sulfur in home heating oil sold in the state to the levels in diesel trucks - a measure that narrowly passed the state Senate after a party - line vote against it by the GOP minority.

It's also feasible there are some voters with philosophical distastes for certain third parties who will vote against candidates who receive the WFP or Conservative lines.

The bomb - throwing Buffalo builder got enough votes on the Conservative line in his disastrous gubernatorial campaign against Democrat Andrew Cuomo to secure the No. 3 spot on the ballot for the right - leaning political party, which had once been written off by political observers.

... Indeed, the whole of the last Parliament — covering five years - saw just 39 divisions in which at least one Liberal Democrat voted against their party line; in just over five months, the total for the 2010 Parliament has already reached 31.

Rep. Paul Tonko, D - Amsterdam, said he has been «working the House» to line up votes against passing Fast Track, in anticipation of the House vote.

Here is the full list of MPs who voted against the Article 50 bill at first reading in the Commons, including the shadow ministers who defied Labour's three - line whip.

The first is that, whilst being willing to vote against the party line isn't a requirement to be seen as effective, it does help.