Sentences with phrase «voting against the bill despite»

Yesterday House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) urged his colleagues to vote against the bill despite Obama's personal appeal to both House and Senate GOPers.

While co-authored with bi-partisan support in both houses, some Democrats still placed ideology over reason by voting against the bill despite the fact background checks are a measure that many Democrats have been championing for years.

Not exact matches

Despite the contentious measures in the bill for Senate Republicans such as the wage increase, the spending plan was approved 61 to 1, with only Sen. Simcha Felder voting against it.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell famously said he would «swim through vomit» to vote against the lower benefit cap in 2015, despite Labour's official stance of abstaining on the bill.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, too, has criticized Stefanik despite the fact that she voted against this year's tax reform bill.

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:

«Mr. Grimm must have trouble understanding the legislative process because I voted against the bill not once, but twice despite calls from colleagues and organizations on the left to vote in favor of it,» McMahon said.

Despite the support of several Manhattan senators, the senate voted 38 to 24 against passing a same - sex marriage bill in 2009.

Several Labour MPs - including leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn and former minister Diane Abbott - voted against the bill, despite the party's official stance being to abstain after an amendment tabled by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman was defeated.

Two Liberal Democrat MPs plan to vote against the bill to legalise equal marriage later, despite the fact their own Lynne Featherstone is responsible for pushing it forward as equalities minister.