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Recent Examples of party line
The House narrowly passed the entire spending package, including the DHS spending bill, last week along a mostly party line vote.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Republicans are also mulling a potential second tax bill that could be passed with just party line votes while confronting the possibility of a potential partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
As such, Republicans in the House now have a thinner margin; if all members are in attendance and voting, Republicans can only lose two of their own on any party line vote.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
This followed a dizzying number of deviations by Greene from the party line, dating back to early summer—foremost were her very public calls for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Republicans are also mulling a potential second tax bill that could be passed with just party line votes while confronting the possibility of a potential partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
As such, Republicans in the House now have a thinner margin; if all members are in attendance and voting, Republicans can only lose two of their own on any party line vote.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
This followed a dizzying number of deviations by Greene from the party line, dating back to early summer—foremost were her very public calls for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
conventional wisdom
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The conventional wisdom had been that Cornyn would be a gimme for the GOP while Paxton and his baggage—the Republicans in the state legislature impeached him—would be a drag, especially if Talarico emerged.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Church’s description of increasing emotional waves, arriving without warning years after the loss, suggests the process is far less predictable than conventional wisdom suggests.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Party line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20line. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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