The effort failed by a vote of 247 to 182.
That failed by means he did not understand or like.
My first try at this plan failed by a vote of 70 to 30.
He would have been in failing health by this time.
It failed in the Senate by a vote of 51 to 48.
In 1862, another bill to accept the offer failed by one vote.
They feel like they've already failed by the end of the first chapter.
On 11 February 2005, another bill failed by one vote.
This measure failed by a vote of 123 - 295.
The measure failed by a vote of 71,183 to 31,020.