Sentence examples for provided votes from inspiring English sources

Now, Mr. Grisanti and the three other Senate Republicans who provided votes necessary to legalize same-sex marriage in New York are confronting the uncertainty of how voters in their districts will react.

The Nice treaty provided votes and parliamentary seats for Romania and Bulgaria, but not for Croatia (though in practice the necessary changes, along with a new deal on the size of the commission, could go into Croatia's accession treaty, which like all treaties must be ratified by all EU members).

WASHINGTON ― Democrats provided votes to fund the government on Monday in exchange for an assurance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky).

The 15th Amendment provided voting rights protection after the 13th liberated the slaves and the 14th gave them citizenship and other benefits.

As the days passed, some feared that Golkar had been up to its tricks again.It did not help that Golkar provided vote counts of its own, based on reports to party officials from polling stations around the country.

Labor is particularly influential in the Council, providing votes and campaign contributions to many members.

However, the small constituency that is primarily served by the reconstructed party cannot provide votes, so they have to turn elsewhere.

"You have to sit down with every head and tell him that he will go to jail, or you have to provide votes -- yes or no?" Mr. Kuchma is reported to have said.

But White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Obama would indeed accept a stopgap spending bill at the GOP-sought level, which increases the likelihood that Democrats would eventually provide votes to help pass the measure over tea party opposition.

Currently, I.S.S. not only provides voting recommendations but also advises corporations on how to structure their corporate governance procedures.

The chief sticking point is Strasbourg's insistence that the UK provide voting rights for some category of prisoners.