11.   But based on the serious questions raised about his record as a judge, we urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote down his nomination.

12.   But Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, in urging parliament to vote down Chernomyrdin, appeared to be also calling for a solution that avoided elections.

13.   But for Fedex it will end five years of up-and-down negotiations, in which the divided pilots were represented by two unions and voted down two tentative contract agreements.

14.   But Hunter stuck to his rhetorical guns, apparently thinking the union would vote down the proposal.

15.   But homeowners voted down the proposal last year.

16.   But if a tentative agreement is reached and then voted down next month, Congress would be available, but still unlikely, to prevent a walk out.

17.   But in the end, none could vote down a measure that endorsed traditional family values.

18.   But Republicans, sensing victory, refused to take yes for an answer and voted down the leapfrogging Democratic alternative.

19.   But the state was mired in recession and Colorado Springs voters had recently voted down a stadium bond issue.

20.   But the House voted down a hate crimes bill of its own last spring, and the Senate measures never survived a conference with the House.