The Democrats broke a Republican grip on the state's three House seats.

But today's vote showed that Republicans had made no progress in persuading any other Democrats to break ranks.

Only five Democrats broke ranks and voted for any of the articles of impeachment.

He is the most senior Democrat to break decisively with the White House on trade.

Five Democrats broke with their party to support it.

The state has gone Republican for so long, it seems a Democrat can't break through the ice.

Conservative Democrats have broken ranks before on the tax issue.

That means, they add, that Democrats must not simply break even among the moderates, but carry them decisively.

It is a high-stakes campaign to pressure the Democrats to break ranks with their leadership and support the Governor's budget.

But six Republicans seized on the tape as proof of something else - that Democrats had broken the law.