New York Democrat Charles Schumer predicted just before the committee's party line vote that William G.
In a near-party-line vote, Priscilla Owen won a lifetime seat on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
R. 2885, legislation to make E-Verify mandatory across the nation, passed the House Judiciary Committee by a party line vote of 22-13.
On a three to two party-line vote, the FCC approved somewhat watered down new rules on the last day Congress was in session.
Dianne Feinstein, D-California, the proposed ban won approval from the Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote with 10 Democrats supporting it and eight Republicans opposed.
The Judiciary Committee decision by a party-line vote of 10-8 cleared the way for the Democratic-crafted background check measure to be debated and put to a vote in the full Senate.
Now Congress seems interested in bringing back those tax extenders (expensing, credits, AMT patch and more) and tagging them on to the explosive Bush tax cut extension debate, which is shaping up as a key battle-line vote before the midterm elections in November.
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Wednesday's 23-13 party line vote came a few weeks after psychiatrist Robert L. Spitzer, in a letter to the editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, apologized for his 2003 study of reparative therapy, which suggested that it could help gays and lesbians become straight.
I've made great friends quickly while condo hunting, waiting in line to vote and interviewing people for this column.
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While waiting in line to vote, Veronica Outlaw learned about the flu shots and walked to the makeshift clinic in the same building after casting her ballot.
Kerry voters may have been motivated by the war or the economy, but it seems that in this election, not enough of them felt strongly enough to go and stand in line to vote.
But many Tory MPs want the prime minister to go further and pass a law committing the next government to hold a referendum on Britain's relationship with the EU. A year ago 81 Conservative MPs rebelled against the party line to vote for a referendum.
The 58-year-old flea market merchant, who carried bags of merchandise in her arms as she waited in line to vote before heading to work Sunday morning, said money was tight, and the economy was a key issue for her in this year's election.
One of the mysteries of the Senate is how Mitch McConnell has been able to keep his members in line, on vote after vote.
The newly partisan tone was evident in the confirmation hearings for Mr. Cuomo's first nominee for the Court of Appeals, Jenny Rivera, who was questioned for hours over two days before being approved on a party-line Judiciary Committee vote.
And tomorrow, we get the chance to finish what we started here in Iowa. (Applause.) Tomorrow, all across this state, all across this country, we will line up and vote in libraries and community centers, in school gyms.
Hagel's nomination cleared the committee in a straight party line 14 to 11 vote.
Feebly, the candidate echoed the official line: they should vote, he told them, because of the global hostility toward Iran.
The bill passed on a largely party-line 245-178 vote, with most Democrats voting in favor of it and most Republicans opposed.
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"There is no authority in the law to pass out a provisional ballot in a long line and let people vote, " Smith told reporters.
House members passed the bill in a largely party-line 235-173 vote.
Boros, a former trial attorney for the FCC and board member of the International Radio and Television Society, said that the three Republicans on the FCC's five-person panel will vote in line with Martin, also a Republican, allowing the merger to go through and saving both companies in the process.
"I'd be willing to stand in line again -- and vote again -- if I could, " said Brown.
On December 27th, he whipped the local assembly into line and delivered a majority vote to accept the base.
They've always been able to vote their conservative leanings and not vote a party line to get a bill passed.
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