Sentence examples for securing votes for from inspiring English sources

Even Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the No. 3 Republican, who is charged with securing votes for bills, voted against the deal.

Early campaigners would be proud of the transformative role they played in securing votes for women, opening up access to male-only professions, and criminalising domestic violence and rape in the UK.

South Africa denied on Wednesday it bribed Fifa officials with $10m to secure votes for its successful bid to host the 2010 World Cup, insisting the payment was "above board".

The payments were allegedly made to secure votes for Bin Hammam in his campaign to unseat Blatter as the head of football's governing body.

The resulting uproar over special treatment for the pro-gun group led Democrats on Thursday to expand the exception to cover even more interest groups as they tried to secure votes for the measure, which is opposed by most Republicans.

White House officials have generally acquiesced in the provisions, which they see as a normal part of the legislative process, required to secure votes for a bill overwhelmingly opposed by Republicans.

Last month, two high-level FIFA executives were accused of offering $40,000 each to a couple of dozen officials of Caribbean soccer federations in order to secure votes for the presidential election.

The movie argues that at least one of Lincoln's motives in this episode was to secure votes for the 13th Amendment from Blair's conservative allies in Congress.

In addition, some current and former Afghan officials say, Kabul Bank became an unofficial arm of the Karzai government, bribing parliamentarians in order to secure votes for its legislative agenda.

Fikile Mbalula, the South African sports minister, has denied his country bribed Fifa officials in order to secure votes for the 2010 World Cup, even though a $10m payment was made to the Caribbean Football Union.

The classified intelligence briefings -- some held in Washington for foreign ministers and foreign leaders as they visited in recent months, others in foreign capitals -- have been part of a lobbying effort to secure votes for the sanctions, the fourth round since 2006.