Sentence examples for a deciding vote from inspiring English sources

This leaves Mexico, Chile and Pakistan, none of which wants to cast a deciding vote.

Any deal is contingent on government aid, giving Germany a deciding vote.

He said he favored closing the gun show loophole, for which he cast a deciding vote in the Senate.

But if Justice Scalia persists, the other justices, at a minimum, must not let him cast a deciding vote.

THREE years ago Chief Justice John Roberts infuriated conservatives when he cast a deciding vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

But in the rest of Australia, the lawmaker who could cast a deciding vote in Australia's cliffhanger election is virtually unknown.

In a crowded mayoral race where every vote counts and Latinos could be a deciding voting bloc, the six men who want the city's top job are vying for their piece of the Hispanic vote and collecting endorsements from Hispanic leaders as if they were badges of honor.

(Re "SCOTUS opens the affirmative action window," Opinion, June 26) Now, thanks to a single deciding vote by a U.S. Supreme Court justice, race is an acceptable element of admissions to the University of Texas.

O'Connor, 75, has provided a critical deciding vote in many cases that divided the conservative and liberal wings of the Supreme Court.

The harsh sarcasm he directed toward justices in disagreement may have reflected anger at his inability to win a fifth and deciding vote for his belief.

But a president, a president always casts the deciding vote.