1.   At issue is the telecom bill, passed by Congress overwhelmingly last week.

2.   Banco de Investimentos Garantia said in a report on the telecom bill that Brazilian congressmen often put off such votes for several months.

3.   A corrections bill is unlikely to alter measures at the heart of the telecom bill, Pressler said.

4.   But the telecom bill already has a provision outlawing such material over Internet.

5.   Democrats say the telecom reform bill would let cable operators raise their rates when consumers have no choice of alternate providers.

6.   His objections mean the telecom bill --which has languished in a House-Senate conference committee for months -- will be delayed further.

7.   In the end, the federal telecom bill will benefit customers by sparking more choices and lower prices, analysts said.

8.   Lawmakers eventually dropped the issue from the telecom overhaul bill to move it to passage in early February.

9.   Lawmakers eventually dropped the digital issue, though, to get the telecom overhaul bill passed.