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A party-line vote in a deliberative assembly (such as a constituent assembly, parliament, or legislature) is a vote in which a substantial majority of members of a political party vote the same way (usually in opposition to the other political party(ies) whose members vote the opposite way).
The party structure pushing its representatives in parliament to vote along the line is referred to as party discipline, and efforts to enforce it are referred to as "whipping". Likewise, a party-line vote is one in which most or all of the legislators from each political party voted in accordance with that party's policies.
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (Tamil: தமிழக வெற்றிக் கழகம், lit. 'Tamil Nadu Victory Federation'; abbr. TVK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
The bill passed 14-12 in the House Judiciary Committee in a party line vote, with Republicans in opposition, and moves to the full House. Voter intimidation victims would be able to sue under bill ...
Party 1952: Ram Narayan Singh [2] Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party: 1957: Lalita Rajya Lakshmi 1962: Basant Narain Singh: Swatantra Party: 1967: Independent: 1968^ Mohan Singh Oberoi: Jharkhand Party: 1971: Damodar Pandey Indian National Congress: 1977: Basant Narain Singh: Janata Party: 1980: 1984: Damodar Pandey Indian National ...
It will reduce his House GOP majority to just 217 seats, compared to 215 for Democrats, which means Republicans will need to vote in lock-step to pass any bills on a party-line vote.
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals.
Defection is defined as either voluntarily giving up the membership of his party or disobeying (abstaining or voting against) the directives (political whip) of the party leadership on a vote in legislature. Legislators can change their party without the risk of disqualification to merge with or into another party provided that at least two ...