If westerners voted for the tariff measure, then eastern lawmakers would support a silver purchase bill that the westerners wanted.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

In January of this year, the Supreme Court, by the narrowest majority, voted five to four to end the ban.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

As a congressman and a senator, he had voted against every attempt to give more power to the federal government.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Justice Brent Benjamin now chief justice voted to overturn a fifty million dollar judgment against the Massey Coal Company.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

had to honor contracts. But Thursday,the House of Representatives voted to place a ninety percent tax on those bonuses at A.I.G.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

So, for the first time in state history, the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield voted Friday to impeach the governor.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

And,in another development, the Senate voted Thursday to permit final debate and a vote on a financial reform bill.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Within the first few weeks of the Civil War, the Confederate Congress voted to move the capital farther north to Richmond,Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

A few months later, members of Congress voted a pay raise for themselves and the executive branch of government.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Some delegates,however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

After much discussion, the eight Republicans on the committee voted to accept the votes of Florida's Republican electors.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Roosevelt would make Garner the vice presidential nominee if Garner's forces voted to make Roosevelt the presidential nominee.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

When the delegates voted the next morning, Blaine did not have enough votes to win the nomination.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

An investigation found that people from the neighboring state of Missouri had voted in the elections illegally.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

The judges on the International Court of Justice, sometimes called the World Court, voted ten to four.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

In the past,the six thousand members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted for the one film they liked best.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The battle between Republicans and Democrats over health care reform was voted the third top story Reform of the country's of the year.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

Then,as the American Civil War began, the Virginia state government voted to rebel against the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

This week, Congress voted to extend the credit to the end of September -- but only for people who signed a dealby April thirtieth.

VOA: special.2010.07.02