How to Use vote along party lines in a Sentence
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The bill cleared the Senate in an 18-13 vote along party lines.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
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The Senate passed the bill last week on a 24-6 vote along party lines, with the six no votes coming from Democrats.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 2 Mar. 2022
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The House passed the voting measure earlier this month in a vote along party lines.
—Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2022
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Yet, voters are not obliged to vote along party lines as our congressmen do.
—Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
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The measure eventually passed 18-13 in a vote along party lines.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
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In a procedural vote Thursday morning, the Senate failed to advance the Disclose Act on a 49-49 vote along party lines.
—Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
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Originally filed in February, the bill passed Wednesday in the Illinois Senate on a 39-19 vote along party lines.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
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Where does this leave U.S. policymakers, who are intent to vote along party lines?
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
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McCaul's bill advanced through the Foreign Affairs Committee last week after a 24-16 vote along party lines.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
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The committee ended its investigation in late 2020 after a tie vote along party lines.
—Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021
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If residents vote along party lines, the survey indicates the extension is more likely to pass in the historically Democratic-leaning county.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
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Blumenthal’s motion to indefinitely delay the confirmation failed in a vote along party lines.
—Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
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Griffin noted that while sometimes voters can perceive a candidate as empathetic but still vote along party lines, the country's general unease and voters' perceptions of how the candidates are responding likely will influence votes.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
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After hours of continuing, partisan bickering over Jackson, the committee deadlocked in an 11-11 tie vote along party lines rather than reporting it out a favorable or unfavorable recommendation.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 Apr. 2022
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