Sentence examples for gained a vote from inspiring English sources

The one bright spot for Democrats was California, which gained a vote.

Mr. Papandreou's Socialists gained a vote of confidence Sunday with local election victories that were seen as a referendum on the austerity measures.

On 10 December 1991, an independence referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh, byycothed by the Azeri minority, and gained a vote of 99% in favor of independence.

PAGE C1 Bush Tax Cut Gains a Vote A Senate agreement on financial aid for states gained a crucial Democratic vote for President Bush's plan to eliminate dividend taxes.

To win, therefore, is to gain a vote of confidence from the people whose opinion matters most – curators, gallerists and, most importantly, other artists.

Mr. Mohammadi "was already disqualified once by Parliament, and I don't think he will gain a vote of confidence again," said Daud Kalakani, an influential lawmaker who said that he and other Parliament members had been informed of the nominee choices by Mr. Karzai's minister of parliamentary affairs.

After a parliamentary maneuver blocked Landrieu from gaining a vote on S. 493, the SBIR language was attached to the National Defense Reauthorization Act.

Despite opposition from UN Security Council (UNSC) powers, we managed to gain a vote from the UN General Assembly demanding such a report.

He could not secure adoption of the Fourteen Points, as the League meeting in Delhi at which he hoped to gain a vote instead dissolved into chaotic argument.

Frustrated residents protest that the city's residents pay $2 billion in federal taxes annually but have failed to gain a voting representative in Congress.

At the time, advocates for district voting rights saw their best chance in many years to gain a voting seat in the House, but they abandoned their own proposal after gun rights supporters attached a provision weakening local gun laws.