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Recent Examples of party line
Actually doing so would require Republicans to upend Senate procedures that have long governed what lawmakers can accomplish along party lines.
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Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The divide that Gallup’s poll found over which groups pay too little or too much based on their income levels spanned across party lines.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Today, two-thirds of U.S. mothers work outside the home, in almost equal measures across party lines.
—Amanda Ruggeri, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Mehmet Oz to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a 53-45 party line vote.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The divide that Gallup’s poll found over which groups pay too little or too much based on their income levels spanned across party lines.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Today, two-thirds of U.S. mothers work outside the home, in almost equal measures across party lines.
—Amanda Ruggeri, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Mehmet Oz to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a 53-45 party line vote.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
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Falsehoods, issued repeatedly from the bully pulpit, threaten to become conventional wisdom, then clichés, then foregone conclusions.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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The combination of an economic slowdown and a shift away from the U.S. could unwind a lot of the conventional wisdom of investing from over the past decade, when America financial assets and economic growth broadly outperformed other major countries.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Party line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20line. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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