Sentence examples for vote and force from inspiring English sources

Mr. Daschle needs to press for an early vote and force the obstructionists into the open, where their tactics can be spotlighted and defeated.

However, Mr Kaczynski managed to confound most of his critics on the left by softening his usual hard-line conservatism to secure 47 per cent of the vote and force the contest into a second round.

In an emailed statement sent shortly after, Paul nonetheless pledged to "continue to fight, and if necessary, object, to continue this debate, secure a vote and force Congress to do its duty". In practical terms, Paul's protesting power is limited.

A senatorial aide who did not want to have his identity revealed because of possible repercussions, the intern Joe Weathers, confirmed that the senator was researching whether it would be legal to isolate Mr. Gonzales before the vote and force him to listen to hours of the liberal talk radio host Al Franken.

The Security Council should put the war crimes referral to a vote and force Russia's hand.

Those same frustrated members could oppose Friday's vote and force the House to come into session next week for a record vote.

The result of all this, as Michael Conlon points out, is that Republicans have one constant "no" vote, and forces Democrats to get two Republicans, instead of just one, to get the 60 votes necessary to break a filibuster.

In 1965 he stood against de Gaulle as the sole candidate of the socialist and communist left for the French presidency, collecting 32 percent of the vote and forcing de Gaulle into a runoff election.

He was chosen for his solid record in local politics and his pleasant manner that enables him to get on with most people, but he had to be talked into going for the city's top job.In the first round of the election, on February 24th, Mr Garcia did better than many expected, receiving 34% of the vote and forcing Mr Emanuel into a run-off.

Even though Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Liberal Party are likely to extend their seven-year rule in the national election on Nov. 27, it was Mr. Day and his new Canadian Alliance that prompted the vote and forced Mr. Chretien to tack uncharacteristically hard to the right.

The Republican Governor and legislature scheduled the early vote and forced the Democrats to go along.