How to Use party line in a Sentence
party line
noun
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The House passed the bill 65-32 on mostly a party line vote.
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Mike Cason | [email protected],
al,
17 Mar. 2022
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The vote passed along party lines, 70-20, and Democrats walked out in protest.
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Devon M. Sayers,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2023
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The bill passed the House on in a party line vote and had been stalled in the Senate.
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Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2021
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He was confirmed to the Supreme Court on a near-party line vote.
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Paul Farhi,
Washington Post,
16 Oct. 2022
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But all of the votes on those amendments failed on party lines.
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Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2024
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What does Manchin want from Democrats in order to vote the party line?
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BostonGlobe.com,
25 May 2021
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Texas and who looks poised to tow the party line, no matter that the case is laughably weak.
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Astra Taylor,
The New Republic,
7 Nov. 2022
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The bill passed the Senate along party lines Thursday and in the House on Friday.
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Hannah Gaskill,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Mar. 2024
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The Senate vote came two days after the bill passed the Oregon House on a party line vote.
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oregonlive,
3 Mar. 2022
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The House voted to override the veto 65-28 along party lines.
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CBS News,
10 Jan. 2024
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He’s not the only red-state Democrat who might buck the party line too.
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Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
10 May 2021
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Then the party line to the basket began to slow down for Denver.
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oregonlive,
23 May 2021
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The tolling bill passed the House mostly along party lines Monday.
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Hannah Gaskill,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Mar. 2024
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And if Democrats do not cross party lines, the government could shut down.
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Erin B. Logan,
Los Angeles Times,
19 July 2023
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Ideas that run contrary to the party line are suppressed.
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Meenakshi Narula Ahamed,
CNN,
1 May 2021
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The votes to kill the articles and adjourn the trial were along party lines, 51-49.
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Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2024
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The vote was largely on party lines and passed with broad support from Democrats.
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Trisha Ahmed,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Sep. 2023
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And that's a feeling that stretches across party lines.
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ABC News,
10 Dec. 2023
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The panel approved the bill late Wednesday on a 24-14 party line vote.
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Lisa Mascaro,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 June 2020
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His breaks from the party line have only grown more pronounced.
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Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
13 Apr. 2022
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And, actually, the Democrats tried to get the bill done on a party line basis and do it in a hurry.
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CBS News,
4 Jan. 2023
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Everyone should brace for this to be the new Chinese party line, Kennedy says.
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Peter Weber,
The Week,
8 Mar. 2023
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When they’re dialed in from long distance, the 3-point line becomes a party line.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
20 May 2022
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Democrats still need 10 Republicans to cross the party line to support the plan.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
15 July 2021
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An ebullient Smith strayed from the measured party line.
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Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
23 Nov. 2020
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The Texas Senate passed the bill in an 18-to-13 party line vote after hours of debate on Wednesday.
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Sara Murray,
CNN,
6 May 2021
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The resolution passed along party lines by a vote of 81-19.
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske,
Washington Post,
15 June 2024
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To some, not really; some prefer to toe the party line and be considered in the know as to what is true and what is not.
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Michael Polk,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2022
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The tax changes split state lawmakers mostly along party lines when the governor proposed them in his budget earlier this year.
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Calmatters,
Orange County Register,
3 Oct. 2024
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In his statement, Schwarzenegger wrote that being American is more important than sticking to party lines.
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Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2024
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