abstains

• “What if the president abstains from a Security Council vote establishing one?.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Obama and the Coming Palestinian State

• “And, how could someone even vote for a guy that either doesn't show up to vote on a bill or abstains from a vote because he doesn't want to be put in a difficult position.”

  RNC points to earlier Carter interview skeptical of Obama qualifications

• “We are not, but I reject the generalization that the United States abstains from the market while the Canadian government intervenes.”

  Canada—U.S. Relations—Some Thoughts about Public Diplomacy

• “If Finland votes against a Portuguese bailout program, the European Financial Stability Facility would be paralyzed; if it merely abstains, the remaining eurozone countries could in theory go ahead with a bailout without Finnish contributions.”

  USA Today: Finland election could derail bailouts in Europe

• “If a Democrat abstains on all the votes on that chart, he/she gets 100%, yet a Republican gets 0%.”

  GOP group targets vulnerable Dems with 'Pelosi Index'

• “If China abstains from buying while the Fed, Japan and other buyers pull back, yields would quite likely rise.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Treasurys Market Shrugs Off China's Apparent Pullback

• “Awkward silence followed the phrases, "Who is against it?" and a certain fatigue could be noted after each, "And who abstains?”

  The Huffington Post: Yoani Sanchez: In Advance of the Communist Party Congress, a Forced Unanimity

• “An abstainer "abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic

• “If the United States votes for or abstains on such a resolution, it will reflect a dramatic shift in policy against Israel.”

  The Washington Post: The backlash against Obama's U.N. 'compromise' begins

• “The move makes the enactment of the budget before the end of the current fiscal year a certainty, as Japan's constitution stipulates that a lower house-endorsed budget is automatically enacted even if the upper chamber rejects it or abstains from voting for 30 days.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Japan Passes Record Budget, But Major Challenges Remain

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