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Patients cut off relatives, refuse to date across party lines, even demand political loyalty oaths.

Christians have long been pressured to join only state-sanctioned churches that are led by government-approved pastors and toe the party line.

Ross accused Green and SNP MSPs of "toeing the party line" instead of backing a bill that could save lives.

Keeping those marginal rates permanently intact was a key feature of the law, which the Republican-controlled House and Senate passed along party lines.

Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist University Institute for Public Opinion, said his polling suggested Americans were largely split down party lines when it came to assigning fault for the shutdown.