And we are entitled to have an up-or-down vote on it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 27, 2005] Reference

He'd like the up-or-down vote by the end of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2005] Reference

I think that Judge Roberts deserves an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2005] Reference

Frist arguing that judges need a straight up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2005] Reference

Urge the Senate to give John Roberts a fair up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2005] Reference

You know, because the council is "ducking" an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: July 30, 2010] Reference

They're the ones that always say, give us the up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2005] Reference

I believe that if given an up-or-down vote, he'll be confirmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2006] Reference

I believe that every nominated judge has a right to an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2008] Reference

And the only way we can do that is to give an up-or-down vote, yes or no.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2005] Reference

But they're being blocked by a handful that simply will not allow an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2005] Reference

And let's give her an up-or-down chance to answer those questions before the committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2005] Reference

Whether you are for or against the underlying bill, it ought to get an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2009] Reference

And now the question is: Will Sam Alito be given an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2006] Reference

And you can vote against them or you can vote for them, just give them an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2005] Reference

And then the third big vote is the final up-or-down vote on the Senate version of the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009] Reference

And every judge nominated by an elected president deserves an up-or-down vote in the Senate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2008] Reference

He said it's really up to the Republicans whether they're going to allow that up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2007] Reference

The agreement doesn't go so far as to give countries an up-or-down vote on one another's budgets.    From Wordnik.com.  [EU Ministers Divided on Bank Tax] Reference

My conversations showed that most voters viewed the election as an up-or-down referendum on Fenty.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. mayor-elect must unite the city] Reference

They are worthy of confirmation, and the Senate should give each of them a prompt up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference

Gray wants appointees with "influence and affluence"; Fenty wants an up-or-down vote for his picks.    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: Aug. 23, 2010] Reference

The referendum became not about the constitution but an up-or-down vote on Mr. Kibaki's administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenyans Vote Peacefully on New Constitution] Reference

The Constitution also gives the Senate a responsibility: Every judicial nominee deserves an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2005] Reference

But what we need to do is stop it on both sides and move forward, and at least give people the up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2001] Reference

Mital Gandhi, nominee to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, got the up-or-down vote he wanted this afternoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mital Gandhi proves he was not suited for the D.C. elections board] Reference

First to you, you thought Harriet Miers should have at least been allowed to testify, to have her up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2005] Reference

S. O'BRIEN: The five judicial picks would have up-or-down votes -- three of them, though, essentially still stalled.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2005] Reference

FRIST: All we want is a vote, an up-or-down vote, accept, reject, confirm, yes, no, that's all that we're asking for.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 19, 2005] Reference

Warren would have to garner 60 votes to end a filibuster before the Senate could give her nomination an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Dodd, Top Democrat, Fights Against Elizabeth Warren] Reference

He's going to ask Congress to solve it, and if they don't, he's going to send them a plan and ask for an up-or-down vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain's Brain] Reference

Even some of the Democrats who are against the nomination at least want to have an up-or-down vote, as the president has called for.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2006] Reference

If there are, as some suggest, legitimate issues with Mr. Gandhi's nomination, why not call the nomination and have an up-or-down vote?.    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: July 29, 2010] Reference

Here is the deal: The Senate should change its rules to require an up-or-down vote on all executive branch appointments within 60 days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama, Warren and The Imperial Presidency] Reference

FREE MITAL -- The Post's editorial board adds to the growing chorus urging an up-or-down vote for Board of Elections nominee Mital Gandhi.    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: July 29, 2010] Reference