The outcome was never much in doubt, although some skeptical Democrats refused to support him.
Many Democrats refused to recognize the nomination and stayed away from the polls.
The Democrats then crowded into a small cloak room and refused to vote on the measure.
Democrats refused to create the agency without a guarantee that workers' rights would remain difficult to change.
But the Democrats, too, have refused to pass such measures, despite support for change among some members of the party.
Democrats in the Senate, he said, have refused to allow a fourth spending bill to come to a vote.
But Democrats refused to accept that, although the issue is likely to resurface in the coming weeks.
And the Democrats refused to let the censure issue rest.
Democrats and Republicans refuse to live in a future of fear.
Democrats refused to accept a bill that did not include financing for primaries.