1.   An exasperated Majority Leader, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, moved immediately to try to crush a threatened Democratic filibuster by filing for a cloture vote on Monday.

2.   A similar bill in the Senate this year failed to win enough support to cut off a threatened filibuster.

3.   But in August, Senate Democrats blocked the bill with a threatened filibuster.

4.   Dole moved immediately to try to crush the threatened filibuster by filing for a cloture vote Monday.

5.   He agreed to delay consideration of his amendment after the Republican leadership scrambled to avoid a threatened Democratic filibuster.

6.   Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., concedes uphill battle to overcome threatened GOP filibuster against censure resolution.

7.   That is the number required to cut off a threatened filibuster by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

8.   The long day of posturing began with Mitchell appearing on the morning TV network news programs and warning the Republicans about the fallout from a threatened filibuster.

9.   The Senate will debate the bill on Monday, and then vote on blocking a threatened filibuster on Tuesday.

10.   McCain and Feingold decided in advance of debate to offer a slimmed down bill in hopes they could surmount the threatened filibuster.