Sentence examples for contentious votes from inspiring English sources

There were two contentious votes.

Senators will be forced to cast a number of contentious votes that could haunt those facing tough re-election battles.

May has delayed a series of contentious votes, including on the customs and trade bills, to which backbenchers have laid a series of amendments aimed at keeping the option of a full customs union with the EU on the table.

How an exhibit of protected dolphins was tied into a high-tech roller coaster speaks of another challenge SeaWorld faced, one even more basic than the 30-foot height limit on coastal development in San Diego, which took a public referendum and several contentious votes by state and local agencies to get around.

The day was a turning point for Republicans, who have now been almost entirely marginalized — almost, because they will probably hold 30 of the 62 seats in the Senate, pending the outcome of a closely contested race in Queens, and will still be needed on a great number of contentious votes.

He didn't because he didn't want any "contentious votes" in an election year.

Qatar also won a contentious vote to host the 2022 World Cup.

Kenya has a history of opportunistic ethnic rabble-rousing, most notoriously after the contentious vote in 2007.

In the two years since that contentious vote in City Hall, Greater Harlem Housing has continued to founder.

It comes as investment banks prepare for market volatility surrounding the contentious vote over May's Brexit withdrawal deal next week.

Sinn Fein, the SDLP and the Assembly's sole Green Party representative used a contentious voting mechanism to effectively veto the Bill today.