61.   She said she thought that the poll indicated that Pataki would be able to win passage of some of his welfare agenda in the Legislature.

62.   Smith has an uphill battle to win passage of her campaign finance bill.

63.   Still looking for just one more vote to win passage, Senate Republicans agreed to a showdown Thursday on the balanced budget amendment.

64.   The accords are a constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds majority vote to win passage.

65.   The bill is expected to win easy passage before the full council next month.

66.   The compromise version of the trade bill was approved by the House last week and is expected to win final passage in the Senate, possibly Thursday.

67.   The current crisis was precipitated when the Orthodox establishment vowed to win passage of legislation invalidating Reform and Conservative conversions.

68.   The critics won passage of an amendment that would allow any inventor who seeks only a U.S. patent to request that details of the application not be published.

69.   The company knew about the law before it purchased the companies in Massachusetts last year, but executives were confident they could win passage of legislation to amend it.

70.   The effort to win passage drew vast publicity.