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Recent Examples of party line
The conference committee report for House Bill 1343 passed mostly along party line votes with the Senate voting 37-11 and the House voting 65-29.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Democrats said the measure could be sent to the new Government Oversight Committee for further study, and the amendment was defeated on a strict party line vote by 98 to 47 with six members absent.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
This seems to be the party line.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
The day of remembrance bill was approved in an 82-31 party line vote.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Democrats said the measure could be sent to the new Government Oversight Committee for further study, and the amendment was defeated on a strict party line vote by 98 to 47 with six members absent.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
This seems to be the party line.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
The day of remembrance bill was approved in an 82-31 party line vote.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
conventional wisdom
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Slok’s assertion flies in the face of Silicon Valley’s conventional wisdom for the age of AI.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Polymarket, a reliable measure of conventional wisdom, has his odds of winning the nomination down below 40% from the November high near 60%.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Party line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20line. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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