1.   The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.

2.   Both Boehlert and Waxman expressed confidence they have enough votes in the House to sustain a veto.

3.   But Clinton is expected to veto the bill, and Democrats and organized labor have sufficient votes to sustain that veto.

4.   But if the provision is included and the president follows through on his veto threat, there are sufficient Senate Democrats behind him to sustain his veto.

5.   But the White House voiced confidence that it could prevail by persuading enough Democrats to switch and back him, sustaining his veto.

6.   Carnahan, who said he would favor a constitutional ban on the late-term procedure, launched an intense effort in recent weeks to have his veto sustained.

7.   Chafee was one of six Republicans voting to sustain the veto in the Senate.

8.   Carnahan, who favors abortion rights, waged an intense campaign to have his veto sustained.

9.   Clinton is generally thought to have the votes needed to sustain a veto, but the administration wants to avoid such an election-year showdown over foreign policy.

10.   Clinton signed the Pentagon spending bill in part out of doubt that Democrats could sustain a veto.