Conversely, party-line or near-party line votes achieved the major achievements of the Obama administration, including the Affordable Care Act and major stimulus and financial regulation laws.
The bill passed on a voice vote — a remarkable achievement, considering the partisan rancor and filibuster-gridlock afflicting Washington these days.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell called the vote "a great achievement for the entire Security Council, to come together again in this manner".
"We have fought a positive campaign with a very good manifesto and despite relentless, negative attacks and an astonishing last-minute swing to the Conservatives over fear of the SNP, 4 million votes was an extraordinary achievement," Crowther said.
"We have fought a positive campaign with a very good manifesto and despite relentless, negative attacks and an astonishing last minute swing to the Conservatives over fear of the SNP, that in these circumstances, 4 million votes was an extraordinary achievement.
In 1976 the American Institute of Architects voted it "the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years".
I know I shouldn't have been so naïve as to expect the Oscars to actually recognise cinematic achievement, but voting seemed more motivated by politics and 'duty' than ever.
The result where they achieved a very small swing was in Henley, but that was in the face of a collapse of Labour's vote, so hardly an achievement for the once mighty Lib Dem byelection machine.
One could make the case we are commemorating its history-making achievement of voting in like-minded school board members.
King's tactics changed laws on voting and segregation – achievements Malcolm could never claim; and in the end he began to appreciate this.
