Sentences with phrase «votes come down to the wire»

As the fight for the GOP weighted convention vote comes down to the wire, the support of each and every committee person is in play.

The portrait of Lincoln that Spielberg presents — in a film that often plays like a tense, high - spirited political thriller as influence is peddled behind the scenes and votes come down to the wire — will no doubt surprise viewers raised on a more staid version of the Great Man.

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UPPER MANHATTAN — As the race to unseat Rep. Charlie Rangel comes down to the wire, the candidates are making a final push to try to rally supporters and get out the vote.

As always, negotiations are expected to come down to the wire, and it's likely that the bargains reached at the last minute will be budget and policy decided and voted through with almost no review by rank - and - file legislators or the public.