11.   Just last week, there was significant action, usually by lopsided votes, on abortion legislation in four states.

12.   Like an earlier proposal, which the House rejected by a lopsided vote in September, the latest bill carries with it a threatened presidential veto.

13.   Like an earlier proposal, which the House rejected by a lopsided vote in September, the latest Interior appropriations bill carries with it a threatened presidential veto.

14.   Opponents, even as they conceded defeat shortly before the lopsided vote, continued to attack the campaign finance overhaul as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech.

15.   Party leadership shows in those lopsided votes.

16.   Some U.S. diplomats sense that the lopsided vote for the resolution reflects the plummeting position of the deadbeat United States in the organization.

17.   The contrast between the lopsided vote for the Defense of Marriage Act and the narrow defeat of the antidiscrimination measure mirrored public opinion polls to some degree.

18.   The lopsided final vote notwithstanding, House passage was not entirely smooth.

19.   The lopsided vote may strengthen the hand of the Senate sponsors in fighting off controversial amendments added in the House version of the bill.