Sentence examples for opposing vote from inspiring English sources

But I suspect that when voting time comes, he will feel other pressures — and there once again won't be a single opposing vote.

It drew an opposing vote from one of the three S.E.C. commissioners at a public meeting and a swift condemnation from a major Wall Street lobbying group.

The sole opposing vote was cast by a former member of the governing party, Daniel Garrigue, who supports a rival to President Nicolas Sarkozy, former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.

The opposing vote was cast by State Representative Omeria M. Scott, of Laurel, who objected to wording in the legislation that would allow the old flag to become an official historical flag, instead of being discarded.

But Mr. Gingrich's showing here suggests that Mr. Romney may no longer be able to count on his rivals splitting the opposing vote into harmless parcels, or on the support he is getting from the party establishment to carry him past a volatile conservative grass-roots movement.

The law, which passed unanimously in the Senate and received only one opposing vote in the House, requires that various test results be used for at least 25 percent of a teacher's rating in the first two years, growing to 30 percent.

There were no opposing votes in the Senate, and only two abstentions in the Assembly.

All 104 opposing votes came from Republicans, who were sharply split.

Within days, legislation was approved to allow immigrants who were brought here illegally as minors to obtain law licenses, with just three opposing votes.

The Senate vote tonight was 91 to 2, with Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, and Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, both Democrats, casting the opposing votes.

The idea, in Orange County and elsewhere, is to send a chill through the democratic process, suppressing opposing votes by whatever means are available.