Amazon VP Paul Misener was quoted by The State publication as saying "As a result of today's unfortunate House vote, we've canceled $52 million in procurement contracts and removed all South Carolina fulfillment center job postings from our (Web) site".
In a statement, CBS called the vote unfortunate and said the company's contract offer remained on the table.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, described the vote as "unfortunate and counterproductive".
Tuesday's vote was "unfortunate for Aurora's families and the dogs they love," said Cory Smith, director of pet protection and policy for the Humane Society, in a statement.
Waterbury officials insist that the city is not inherently rotten, that at its core are good, hard-working people who have made unfortunate choices in the voting booth.
He said it was unfortunate that the prisoner voting issue "has been used as the springboard for a sustained attack on the court ".
Robert L. Darbelnet, president of AAA, which has 50 million members, said the vote was "a very unfortunate outcome, a very unfortunate day for the F.I.A".
Mike Jendrzejczyk, a top official of Human Rights Watch, noted that the timing of the vote "is particularly unfortunate, just as human rights conditions are worsening".
"This is unfortunate," he said after the vote, "especially in the light of the fact that this is a new administration and we were hoping for this administration to demonstrate a more balanced position".
