Sentences with phrase «voting against his principles»

Then again, many Republicans have found it easy to vote against their principles when it comes to a majority black, Democratic New Orleans.

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Progressive is generally just a code word for someone who leans toward socialism, who does not believe in God, & who will likely vote against Godly principles that are so important to our nation.

He then told followers that not only was the word «progressive» «just a code word» for «for someone who leans toward socialism,» he also added that it's code for someone «who does not believe in God, & who will likely vote against Godly principles that are so important to our nation.»

Again according to Wikipedia, Texas Monthly magazine has described him as «both deeply principled and wholly uncompromised,» and his was often one of only two or three Republican «no» votes in Congress against bills that he regarded as anti-Constitution or as wasteful spending.

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Senator Dean Skelos and his conference for doing the right thing and not supporting this bill, along with Senators William Stachowski, Darrel Aubertine and David Valesky for putting principle above party politics and voting against S - 6005A.

«I abstained on article 50 because I felt it was wrong in principle to vote against, given that we had all voted to hold the referendum in the first place.

For the Labour leadership, the choice is simple - take a principled view that they support an elected House of Lords and so ask their MPs to vote with the Government, saving it from possible defeat; or take a more pragmatic view that their job is to break up the Coalition and so ask their MPs to vote against the Bill.

Although Gapes faces no real threat from the Liberal Democrats, his vote appears to be a principled stand against what he believes is a too severe form of leaving the European Union.

Heastie characterized some member's opposition as a «core principle» for some Democrats, and he says he won't ask them to go against their core beliefs to vote for any measure.

Montague is a strong, principled, independent candidate, who ran in the 2003 election against the incumbent (Perkins) gaining 23 % of the vote.

He previously supported new equal - sized constituencies on principle, but is now to vote against them because they would advantage the Conservatives.

[4] On 7 February, the European Parliament voted 368 to 274 against the principle of reallocating seats following the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU to transnational lists, though the decision on the fate of the idea will ultimately be made by the European Council.

How should a principled MP decide which way to vote, assuming a free vote is permitted, as it was on the first two occasions that Parliament voted on the principle of joining the European Economic Community (on the third occasion in 1971 Labour whipped against)?

I was left no choice but to vote against this measure, and I stand by my vote both on principle and practicality.

He is even taking small, principled stands, voting against bills that strike him as unwise — including a proposal to allow dogs within the outdoor dining areas of restaurants.

In my own voting, I vote against management when they have not provided an adequate relative return, and vote with them when they have, aside from the principles listed above.

But, though I may dislike some of the measures concerned as much as they do and might vote against them, I know of no general principles to which I could appeal to persuade those of a different view that those measures are not permissible in the general kind of society which we both desire.

Apparently the only thing that has changed since its initial vote against the Declaration is Canada's confidence that ``... Canada can interpret the principles expressed in the Declaration in a manner that is consistent with our Constitution and legal framework.»