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• The bill cleared the Senate in an 18-13 vote along party lines.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 2 Mar. 2022
• The House passed the voting measure earlier this month in a vote along party lines.
  — Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2022
• Yet, voters are not obliged to vote along party lines as our congressmen do.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
• The measure eventually passed 18-13 in a vote along party lines.
  — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
• In a procedural vote Thursday morning, the Senate failed to advance the Disclose Act on a 49-49 vote along party lines.
  — Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
• Originally filed in February, the bill passed Wednesday in the Illinois Senate on a 39-19 vote along party lines.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Where does this leave U.S. policymakers, who are intent to vote along party lines?
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• McCaul's bill advanced through the Foreign Affairs Committee last week after a 24-16 vote along party lines.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Blumenthal’s motion to indefinitely delay the confirmation failed in a vote along party lines.
  — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• Griffin noted that while sometimes voters can perceive a candidate as empathetic but still vote along party lines, the country's general unease and voters' perceptions of how the candidates are responding likely will influence votes.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
• After hours of continuing, partisan bickering over Jackson, the committee deadlocked in an 11-11 tie vote along party lines rather than reporting it out a favorable or unfavorable recommendation.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 Apr. 2022

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