How to Use party line in a Sentence
party line
noun-
But her detractors say that on important votes the senator often toes the party line.
— Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020 -
Barrett is expected to be approved in a party line 12-10 vote.
— Editors, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020 -
Even then, some voters stay open to alternatives, if there’s enough dissonance between the party line and their own experiences.
— Laura Akers, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2020 -
Barrett was confirmed Monday by the Senate in a 52-48 virtual party line vote.
— Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2020 -
About a dozen Senate Democrats, toeing the party line this week, pivoted to health care when asked by reporters about whether momentum was growing among their colleagues for rules changes.
— Kristina Peterson and Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020 -
Alaskans deserve better leadership, someone who will represent their interests, not corporate interests or someone who just tows the party line.
— Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020 -
For years, the party line from officials was that Laika had been humanely euthanized before the satellite reentered the atmosphere.
— Kate Knibbs, Wired, 7 Sep. 2020 -
Barrett moved through the confirmation hearing process this week, and a party line vote moved her nomination to a full Senate vote scheduled for Oct 22.
— Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2020 -
Chinese patrons had given WHO an unscientific party line.
— Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 24 Sep. 2020 -
The House passed the bill 65-32 on mostly a party line vote.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2022 -
The vote passed along party lines, 70-20, and Democrats walked out in protest.
— Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023 -
The bill passed the House on in a party line vote and had been stalled in the Senate.
— Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2021 -
He was confirmed to the Supreme Court on a near-party line vote.
— Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022 -
But all of the votes on those amendments failed on party lines.
— Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 -
What does Manchin want from Democrats in order to vote the party line?
— BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021 -
Texas and who looks poised to tow the party line, no matter that the case is laughably weak.
— Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The bill passed the Senate along party lines Thursday and in the House on Friday.
— Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024 -
The Senate vote came two days after the bill passed the Oregon House on a party line vote.
— oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2022 -
The House voted to override the veto 65-28 along party lines.
— CBS News, 10 Jan. 2024 -
He’s not the only red-state Democrat who might buck the party line too.
— Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 10 May 2021 -
Then the party line to the basket began to slow down for Denver.
— oregonlive, 23 May 2021 -
The tolling bill passed the House mostly along party lines Monday.
— Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024 -
And if Democrats do not cross party lines, the government could shut down.
— Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023 -
Ideas that run contrary to the party line are suppressed.
— Meenakshi Narula Ahamed, CNN, 1 May 2021 -
The votes to kill the articles and adjourn the trial were along party lines, 51-49.
— Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024 -
The vote was largely on party lines and passed with broad support from Democrats.
— Trisha Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023 -
And that's a feeling that stretches across party lines.
— ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023 -
His breaks from the party line have only grown more pronounced.
— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 13 Apr. 2022 -
This even includes groups like Republican Voters Against Trump reaching across party lines.
— Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Driving the news: The state Senate passed the legislation, which additionally makes changes to this year's state budget, along party lines Monday afternoon.
— Lucille Sherman, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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