Sentence examples for vote to prevent from inspiring English sources

In the Senate, Mr. Ashcroft provided a reliable vote to prevent the use of federal dollars for abortions.

They argued that the vote to prevent them from presenting the bank records as evidence was tantamount to a vote to acquit Mr Estrada.

That's why on Monday Labour will force a vote to prevent shale gas developments in the UK unless loopholes in the environmental regulation are closed.

(Not even a ban on the sale of alcohol 48 hours before the vote to prevent hungover Chilenos sleeping through election day seemed to help).

Voters in those areas will be required to bring ID to prove who they are before they can vote, to prevent anyone fraudulently taking another person's ballot paper.

The head-to-head matchup followed a preliminary round of voting last Sunday in which Mr. Anastasiades also enjoyed a strong lead but did not win the necessary 50 percent of the vote to prevent a runoff.

In 1999, he even voted to prevent same-sex couples in the District of Columbia from adopting children.

For many pro-UK voters, tactical voting to prevent an SNP landslide has become normalised.

Of 95 senators present, 94 voted to prevent the oil drilling and cloning bills from coming up for a vote.

Obama now almost certainly has enough votes to prevent an override of his veto, should it come to that.

Bill Shorten has expressed interest in moving to electronic voting to prevent delays in future Australian election results.