41.   In a barrage of rhetoric preceding the committee vote, members explained and justified their positions for some two hours.

42.   In Massachusetts, the firing of teachers no longer has to go through the time-consuming process of a school committee vote.

43.   It might take a veterans committee vote to make it work.

44.   It urged Congress to adopt a coherent process for setting scientific priorities throughout the government before separate committees vote on funding individual programs in separate agency budgets.

45.   Lambertus van Zelst, director of the center, expressed appreciation for the committee vote.

46.   Last week, Lott and other leaders decided to indefinitely postpone scheduled committee votes on the overall spending bill.

47.   McCain has promised a committee vote on the measure if the industry does not agree to a ratings system that parental groups approve of.

48.   Most congressional committees require the concurrence of Democrats and Republicans or a committee vote before issuing a subpoena.

49.   No one would choose a brain surgeon by neighborhood committee vote, for example, or a lawyer by the cultural diversity of her practice.

50.   Oliver ultimately pulled the bill, unable to get committee votes.