Sentence examples for votes to pay from inspiring English sources

Now here was Mr. Sarkozy flying to the former French colony (today one of the country's overseas departments, meaning he could troll for votes) to pay tribute to the poet laureate of négritude.

This is the nature of social insurance programmes; nobody would sign up for a health-insurance plan that said "Medicare will pay for your cancer treatment, provided the House of Representatives votes to pay for it that year", and no doctor would perform the therapy if payment were conditional on the government's discretionary budget that year.

A8 House Votes to Pay U.N. Dues The House voted to release $582 million that the United States owes in back dues to the United Nations, ending a long-running squabble with the organization at a time when the Bush administration says international cooperation is needed to battle terrorism.

The Legislature has twice postponed water bond votes to pay for such infrastructure fixes, fearing the bonds would fail.

Georgetown students voted to pay a fee for slavery reparations.

Until now, even when politics was at its worst, Congress did manage to vote to pay the Army.

The City Council voted to pay the Al Salam Mosque Foundation $200,000 to walk away from Palos Heights.

The three plaintiffs abstained, and the three other members voted to pay the lawyer.

Microsoft displayed an extreme example of this recently in the huge dividend it voted to pay shareholders.

The soundmen recently donated money, and the plasterers voted to pay extra dues earmarked for the fight.

But the issue was presented and after a debate, those present voted to pay Mr. Grasso the lump sum.