1.   Although Haywood voted against the bill itself, his switch on a key procedural vote allowed it to reach the Senate floor and win passage.

2.   Analyst Dreyfuss said that Clinton would likely need support from large manufacturers with major retiree health costs to win passage of his Medicare proposal.

3.   Analyst Dreyfuss said that Clinton would likely need support from large manufactures with major retiree health costs to win passage of his Medicare proposal.

4.   Animal rights advocates won passage of an amendment to ban interstate commerce in cockfighting roosters.

5.   As Gephardt spoke, the administration gained other allies in its effort to win passage of the financing for the IMF.

6.   A similar bill is pending in the Senate, but it too is unlikely to win passage this year, given Democratic opposition.

7.   A similar measure failed to win passage last year as part of a Democrat-backed bill to raise the federal minimum wage.

8.   A temporary spending bill that would prevent the government from running out of money at midnight Saturday and also begin Republican budget cuts won House passage today.

9.   A temporary spending bill to prevent the government from running out of money at midnight Saturday won House passage today.

10.   After a frenetic lobbying blitz last year, Clinton withdrew his fast-track proposal when it became clear he lacked enough votes from House Democrats to win passage.