For the legislation to get approved, Republican votes would be needed.
The final law passed with the votes of Republicans and Northern Democrats.
In the 1860 Presidential election, the Republican popular vote was concentrated in the free states.
He said he would take the votes of disaffected Republicans and independents.
It would rather lose on impeachment and then use the negative votes of moderate Republicans to try to purge them in primaries.
The amendment passed with the votes of Republicans and Southern Democrats.
She lost to Republican incumbent, Heather Wilson by 875 (out of 211,000) votes.
Senate Democrats beat back every significant Republican challenge to their bill, making compromises where necessary to win the votes of moderate Republicans.
So great was the reluctance of Congress to accept the extension requested by the President that Republican votes were essential to victory.
The Republicans will not have a two-thirds majority, and Clinton cannot be convicted on the votes of Republicans alone.