11.   A victory for Graves would be a key win for House Republicans, who saw the conservative district as a seat that could bolster their slim majority in Congress.

12.   Bush has an advantage, in that Republicans have a slim majority in a combined Congress, Lott said.

13.   But a slim majority of Protestants voted for the settlement.

14.   But a slim majority would make it imperative that Democrats get bipartisan support from Republicans for any big legislative initiatives.

15.   But the opposition forces remain weak and divided, and the present ruling coalition will retain a slim majority.

16.   But with a slim majority in the House, the Republicans will have to rely on at least a handful of Democrats to muscle through their priorities.

17.   Congress has become a crucial battleground this election year with Republicans trying to strengthen their slim majority in the House and Democrats battling to overturn it.

18.   Even so, the ruling coalition, of which it is part, kept a slim majority.

19.   For a slim majority of NRA directors, Heston is the man who can lead the association to promise land.

20.   He also acknowledged his slim majority, observing that a change of power during a session of Congress had never happened before.