1.   Heherson Alvarez said disagreements over the taxation of imported petroleum products has stalled the passage of an oil industry deregulation bill.

2.   But supporters say opposition to the bills from the Clinton administration and some Republican members of Congress has stalled their passage.

3.   He counts the bill, which eventually passed, among his signature achievements, although House Democrats often assert that the Republican leadership stalled its passage.

4.   Sen. Heherson Alvarez said disagreements over the taxation of imported petroleum products has stalled the passage of an oil industry deregulation bill.

5.   That proved to be the first of several IOUs the speaker handed the freshmen to keep debate over divisive issues from stalling passage of the contract initiatives.

6.   All but eight amendments came from the Bloc Quebecois, which has kept the Commons working around the clock to stall passage of the bill.

7.   Angry government ministers accused the NDP and Liberals of political blackmail over the unprecedented tactic, designed to stall passage of two controversial bills.

8.   Emotional debate had stalled passage of the new law for three years.

9.   Federal deputy defense minister Hasan Cengic, in a statement last week, accused Bosnian Croats of stalling passage of the defense law on which the training program depends.

10.   President Bush has signaled he would sign such legislation, but final passage has been stalled.