I believe the choice should be clear." Though foreign affairs committee approval, which occurred by voice vote, is a significant step toward a vote by the full House of Representatives, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act remains subject to consideration by two other House panels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

In 1875 there's an amendment to the Constitution that essentially- voted by one vote,or approved by one vote, by the Assembly--that essentially transforms France into a Republic.

875年有个宪法修正案,本质上--,它在一次议会投票表决中,得到了支持--本质上把法国变成了共和国

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Another way the state governments in the South acted against blacks was by refusing to give them the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Most anti-slavery men did not vote, because their names had been kept off the voting lists by pro-slavery officials.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And it was commissioned by the National Woman's Party in nineteen twenty after women finally got the vote."

VOA: special.2010.01.27

McCarthy surprised experts by winning forty-two percent of the Democratic vote in the New Hampshire primary.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

The United States did not vote on the cease-fire resolution passed Thursday by the Security Council.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

By a vote of five to four, the conservative majority on the court decided yes.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

One way radical Republicans gained support was by helping give blacks the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Congress,instead,let the people of Kansas vote on the statehood constitution written by pro-slavery men.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

But they could not prove their charges, and their effort failed by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

In each case,the Republicans won, by a vote of eight to seven.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

By the time of his election, most white adult males could vote.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

But the Senate failed in the effort by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The radicals had failed by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

South Africa lost this first bid to Germany by one vote, but Jordaan says that only strengthened the team's resolve.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Committee chairman Democrat Howard Berman supported an amendment on the subject Burton proposed, with some changes, which was approved by voice vote.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Nigerian elections in 2007 were marred by widespread vote rigging and intimidation and foreign and domestic observers said they were "not credible."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Online visitors could also see the questions submitted by others and vote for the ones they liked best.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The measure was passed by a narrow 23 to 22 vote with one member not participating.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The stock market gave a resounding vote of confidence to the Geithner plan as stocks rallied by nearly seven percent, their biggest one-day gain since October.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

A delay in the final vote count is raising fears of further instability in a country already divided by a Taliban insurgency and smoldering ethnic tensions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The Congress of the People, which was formed four months ago by disgruntled former ANC leaders, took 30 parliamentary seats after winning seven percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Eide,speaking to reporters, is calling for patience to allow the process to be completed, saying he is not surprised by the slow pace of the vote count.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Specter has shown his independence as a Republican,most recently by becoming one of only three members of his party to vote for President Obama's economic stimulus package.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The vote is supposed to take place in the West Bank, which is controlled by Mr.Abbas, and the Gaza Strip which is ruled by its rival faction Hamas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

But he added that careful analysis is required, and that actions taken by Iran's government do not lend credence to its claims of a free and fair vote.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

But the military government is set to maintain tight control over the vote amid calls by Burmese political activists for the international community to boycott the election result.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

A Senate vote on the supplemental bill is expected by the end of this week, and differences with a House of Representatives version will be resolved in conference between the two chambers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20