And he said the vote proved that the House could take a stand against human rights abuses.

Whether tomorrow's vote will prove to be the decisive showdown, though, is unclear, officials said.

As the final vote proved, it was a winning strategy.

But the 2-0 vote proved their hopes had been misplaced.

The sorry vote in the House last week proves otherwise.

But he resigned after it became clear that the coalition did not have the votes to prove its majority in the state assembly.

If the American presence has been divisive, a vote that asks us to leave could prove the opposite.

Such a vote, however, could prove to be little more than symbolic since no similar action is planned thus far by the House leadership.

The vote, he said, proved that a "transition by the democratic way is possible in Africa".

I hope the vote later today will prove that.