11.   Coin flips have decided tie votes in Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, for example.

12.   Gore will be in the position to break any tie vote in the Senate in his favor.

13.   Gore presided in the Senate yesterday, ready to break a tie vote.

14.   Had he voted against it, the proposal would have failed on a tie vote.

15.   He insists he is not shirking his duties, the primary one being to serve as president pro tem of the Senate and break tie votes.

16.   If Bush wins, running mate Dick Cheney as vice-president would preside over the Senate and break tie votes.

17.   It is a largely ceremonial role except in cases of tie votes, when the vice president casts the deciding ballot.

18.   Kassebaum spokesman Michael Horak indicated that Kassebaum likely would send the nomination to the floor, regardless of a tie vote.

19.   Otherwise, Bujosa said, tie votes would mean the MTA mechanics would get the work.

20.   Such an attempt failed on a tie vote in the House two years ago.