11.   As the heirs of immigrants, we know how to form stable working majorities in electing our presidents.

12.   Bonds advanced as the conservative Popular Party, or PP, came closer to an accord with Catalan nationalists for a working majority in parliament.

13.   But that is exactly the path chosen by the Peronists, who have a working majority in both houses of Congress.

14.   But they are still not likely to win a working majority in a new lower house, let alone command the two-thirds majority needed to override vetoes.

15.   But with an effective four-vote working majority in the House, the Republicans know they cannot enact their spending schemes without at least partially accommodating President Clinton.

16.   But without rules or a working majority, even that protest failed.

17.   Even a working majority can be tough for a president if the issues are vexing.

18.   Even if a couple of smaller allies quit, the government would still have a working majority in parliament.

19.   If that is the case, President Ernesto Zedillo will be the first Mexican President in the modern era without a working majority in Congress.

20.   In the waning days Aznar focused his campaign on urging supporters to get out the vote to assure the PP wins with a working majority.