11.   If the final votes do not give either candidate a more clear margin of victory, there would probably be calls for recounts.

12.   In effect, the vote gave senators a chance to end the filibuster without forcing them to sit through one.

13.   In choosing Madeleine Albright as secretary of state, Clinton has rewarded the women of the country, whose votes gave him his entire victory margin last month.

14.   The eight electoral votes give Colorado more sway in the election than its population would have in a popular vote, he said.

15.   The House vote gave added proof Monday as Democrats lept aboard the balanced-budget theme.

16.   The tie vote would give a measure of credence to that bit of hyperbole.

17.   The vote gave President Clinton the most tortuous legislative victory of his administration.

18.   The vote gave additional strength to anti-smoking legislation that has been before the Senate for three weeks.

19.   The vote gave Wickremesinghe, who heads the United National Party, a slim majority in Parliament, which controls spending.

20.   The vote gives the Senate, where the higher-profile bill sponsored by Sen. John McCain failed earlier this year, another crack at passage this year.