1.   ...I am going to make one more effort in September to see if we can find the votes to pass an anti-teen smoking bill.

2.   After fierce lobbying, the vote passed.

3.   But such jockeying is common before high-stakes votes, and senior Republicans said they were confident of getting enough votes to pass the bill.

4.   Democratic supporters saying they badly need Republican votes to pass the measure.

5.   Earlier in the day, Lott predicted that the trade vote will pass if conditions are right.

6.   Earlier today Bill Richardson, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said he expected the vote to pass with at least near-unanimous support.

7.   Ganske insists that he will hold enough Republican votes to pass his bill, precisely because moderates pick and choose when they will take a stand.

8.   If the Coyotes win, the vote might pass.

9.   If the vote passes, Putin is required by the constitution either to dismiss the prime minister and his cabinet or to dissolve the lower house of parliament.

10.   Now they have to find the votes to pass it.