61.   Senate Democrats were trying to convince Republicans to delay the vote, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday.

62.   She wanted to delay the vote a month, she said, but was told before the meeting that the vote would go forward.

63.   Since the House often does not work on Mondays, it was still possible that Republican leaders could try to delay the vote for months.

64.   Some ministers went further, insisting that the Cabinet vote should be delayed until the clarification was received.

65.   Some supporters are urging the vote be delayed until next year unless enough votes are in hand, and that remained a possibility this morning.

66.   Supporters of delaying a vote on the bill said more information is needed before a decision to ban it.

67.   Still, the committee vote may be delayed if lawmakers succeed in removing a clause that says the oil monopoly will remain under state control.

68.   The administration and its congressional allies say they have found a way around one tall hurdle that pro-trade legislators had feared could delay a vote for months.

69.   The board delayed its vote a month, and MTA officials conceded they knew Access Services was the target of thousands of complaints.