How to Use vote along party lines in a Sentence

vote along party lines

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  • Yet, voters are not obliged to vote along party lines as our congressmen do.
    Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The bill passed out of the House by a 64-30 vote along party lines.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The bill passed out of committee on a 10-6 vote along party lines.
    Luke Feeney, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The bill cleared the Senate in an 18-13 vote along party lines.
    Allie Morris, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The House passed the voting measure earlier this month in a vote along party lines.
    Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In a 24-21 vote along party lines, Khanna’s measure was struck down.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The challenge was defeated with a 53-47 vote along party lines.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The measure eventually passed 18-13 in a vote along party lines.
    CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Sonderling was confirmed last year to be deputy secretary of labor in a 53-46 vote along party lines.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Vought was eventually confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote along party lines.
    Ewan Palmer, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Davis in a 51-47 vote along party lines.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The bill, which cleared a Senate committee earlier this year, passed in a 30-10 vote along party lines.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Voters registered by party do not necessarily vote along party lines.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Gabbard advanced in a 9-8 vote along party lines, according to senators leaving the meeting.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Four commissioners voted to add nine more locations to the early voting list before the list was approved in a 3-2 vote along party lines.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The legislation cleared the House Rules Committee in a vote along party lines on Monday night.
    CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The committee ended its investigation in late 2020 after a tie vote along party lines.
    Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Frontbench-position holders are largely expected to vote along party lines, so the resignations are symbols of dissent.
    NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 9-2 vote along party lines.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
  • Blumenthal’s motion to indefinitely delay the confirmation failed in a vote along party lines.
    Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The Senate confirmed his nomination Monday evening in a 48-47 vote along party lines.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Board of Supervisors ultimately approved it on a 3-2 vote along party lines in August.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The bill passed out of committee Thursday afternoon by a 13 to 7 vote along party lines and will now be considered by the Illinois House.
    Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The bill passed the state Senate with a 17-12 vote along party lines and through the Republican-majority House.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The resolution passed through the Rules Committee with a 8-2 vote along party lines and is eligible to be heard on the House Floor.
    Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Many of Whitehouse’s Democratic colleagues agreed and were outraged after Bove’s confirmation succeeded in a vote along party lines.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 30 July 2025
  • Artau, 59, the son of Cuban immigrants, was confirmed Monday in a 50-43 Senate vote along party lines.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Commissioners Court extended the policy in a 3-2 vote along party lines in 2020.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2026
  • 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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