61.   Kennedy said that in the afternoon of drafting, Gramm had originally wanted to have the vote on witnesses come toward the beginning of the trial.

62.   Lott said Friday that the vote might come as early as next week, but he left a sliver of hope for a longer delay.

63.   League officials expect the vote to come Tuesday or Wednesday.

64.   McCain predicted the vote could come back to haunt those senators who voted against the bill in November.

65.   Only in the early hours of the morning, as the votes came in from the western part of the district, did Taylor pull ahead for good.

66.   Politically, the vote came at just the right time.

67.   President Clinton, rising to the occasion, dispatched Vice President Gore to break a tie, if necessary, when the showdown vote came Wednesday.

68.   Senators Wednesday predicted that a House vote could come within days.

69.   Sen. Don Nickles, the Senate Majority Whip, who counts heads for Republicans when votes come up, also was skeptical about a rabbit.

70.   Sherman hopes the House vote will come by the end of September, just before the INS deadline to deport Salehi.