Yet many of them, too, say they are genuinely pained by the historic vote facing them.

It was nothing less than a historic vote for cleaning up the American election system.

Then the Senators cast their historic (and comparatively unnoticed) vote.

Members of Congress are nearing an historic vote.

Just two days later, the historic vote in the House on health care reform.

In a historic vote in May, the House approved a measure allowing for those changes.

This is an historic vote for several reasons.

I am therefore delighted with the result of this historic vote.

Personally, I wished to abstain from today's historic vote.

Today's historic vote moves us closer to solving America's health care crisis.