Allegations of rigging were widespread, even though a vote has not yet been cast, but few were willing to predict what kind of backlash there would be.
She also criticized the slapdash process to get the bill to the Senate floor, noting that the language of the bill had changed several times in the past few days, even though a vote is supposed to take place this week.
Sarah Roussinov, a mother of two who runs her own beauty business in London, said the Tories had never had her vote, even though, as a child of an immigrant who is married to an immigrant, she agreed something should be done to "stem the flow" of people coming to Britain to claim benefits.
And they were let off, even though a jury voted to convict.
In state and local races across Mexico, the governing party has continued to win, even though a majority votes against it, because the opposition splits.
Even though, to get past a 60-vote cloture motion, it will have to be gutted even beyond the shadow of a bill it is now (the current bill has a weak public option, no other mechanism to really cut costs, and hands billions of dollars to the insurance companies who are a big part of the original problem)?
And even though a wide swath cannot vote because they are not citizens, Hispanics are on the voting rolls in a proportion roughly equivalent to the size of their overall presence.
Florida must go either wholly Republican or wholly Democrat – all 25 electoral college votes – even though the popular vote is a dead heat.
Clegg said that, even though the vote was on an opposition day motion and not on a piece of legislation, the government would have to change its policy.
Mr. Ryan blamed Mr. Obama for an 8 percent cut in Pentagon spending that is scheduled for January that results from Congress's failure to compromise on a debt plan, even though Mr. Ryan voted for a 2011 deal requiring the automatic cuts as a way to force both parties to the negotiating table.
Somebody called me this year and asked would I please emphasize that nothing bad happened to me, that I'm still surviving even though I voted a "faithless" vote as they call it.
