Sentence examples for decisive votes from inspiring English sources

Instead, his campaign has become a referendum on a single decision: his choice last year to cast one of the decisive votes that made same-sex marriage legal in New York State.

But Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, both of whom have served as decisive votes in some of the court's biggest decisions in recent years, seemed to disagree.

It cost the Lib Dems 2,000 decisive votes.

International election observers agree that Mr Kibaki stole the decisive votes to win the election.

But it is clear that Latinos in some Western states provided decisive votes.

Congress will soon be casting decisive votes on the president's program, votes that will frame the 2004 election.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John McCain (R-Ariz)., along with Collins, cast decisive votes against the July proposal.

Heller cast one of the decisive votes to help push the tax cut bill into law last year.

These are the areas that Mr. Thaksin made his base and that still hold the decisive votes in elections.

Justice Kennedy often provides the decisive vote in ideologically divided decisions, and he has taken a special interest in cases concerning gay rights.

As has often happened in close decisions, Justice Anthony Kennedy is likely to cast the decisive vote.