101.   If higher interest rates led to lower house prices, that would help offset the impact of a declining currency, it said.

102.   If the lower house decides to remove a judge, the case then goes to the Senate.

103.   If the lower house votes to impeach the president, it automatically triggers a clause in the constitution that forbids the president from disbanding that chamber.

104.   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.

105.   In a separate move, a lower house deputy called for a separate congressional probe into the contract and started to collect signatures from lawmakers to push it forward.

106.   In addition, the lower house wants to start discussions to of third amendment to simplify the tax system.

107.   In Congress, the combined opposition will come close to a majority in the new lower house.

108.   In his office, Gujral glanced occasionally at a television monitor showing the ceaseless hubbub among legislators in the lower house of Parliament.

109.   In the lower house assembly room, a police unit decided not to fight.

110.   In the end, the Alianza majority in the lower house of Congress was able to block opposition amendments Wednesday and the tax package was enacted.