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Recent Examples of party line
The conference committee report for House Bill 1343 passed mostly along party line votes with the Senate voting 37-11 and the House voting 65-29.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Democrats said the measure could be sent to the new Government Oversight Committee for further study, and the amendment was defeated on a strict party line vote by 98 to 47 with six members absent.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
This seems to be the party line.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
The day of remembrance bill was approved in an 82-31 party line vote.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Democrats said the measure could be sent to the new Government Oversight Committee for further study, and the amendment was defeated on a strict party line vote by 98 to 47 with six members absent.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
This seems to be the party line.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
The day of remembrance bill was approved in an 82-31 party line vote.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
conventional wisdom
Noun
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That’s a genuine flaw in much of the conventional wisdom.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The conventional wisdom was that no American could be elected pope while the US remained the world’s dominant power.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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