Sentence examples for a vote of one from inspiring English sources

The device, attached over the preceding 50 years to some 200 federal statutes, enabled Congress to block an executive branch action by a vote of one or both houses, without the need to present a bill for the president's signature.

It requires a vote of one-half of the State House and two-thirds of the State Senate.

He then claimed that Rubio had never been held accountable for anything, and accused him of missing a vote on one of the pieces of legislation that he had claimed credit for, adding, "That's not leadership; that's truancy".

Last week, during a vote on one of the many iterations of the bill, some of the lawmakers in favor of it slid their hands over to the desks of absent colleagues to press electronic voting buttons for them.

Mr. McCain was in the Senate until the early hours of Friday morning for a vote on one of his signature issues, his crusade against earmarks, or the pet local spending projects of members of Congress.

This year they voted not to have a vote on one of the few issues – health – which divides them.

It remains to be seen how the decision to force a vote on one of the most toxic issues in European politics will play out.

The bill unanimously passed by a vote of 410-0, ofe of the few pieces of legislation during President Barack Obama's tenure to receive bipartisan support.

You will be given the challenges in term 3, read and discuss them with your team members, then make a vote of what one you want to do.

By a vote of 24 to one, with one abstention, Community Board 3 declined LeRoy McCarthy's proposal to rename the Lower East Side intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets.

The loan was approved by a vote of 5-0, with one abstention and one member of the board absent.