21.   Thompson said the Governmental Affairs Committee would be issuing subpoenas and deposing witnesses who knew or should have known about the taping.

22.   Those votes will be on whether to dismiss the case and whether to depose witnesses.

23.   Under rules that the Senate adopted, after the opening arguments, senators will vote whether to dismiss the case and whether to depose witnesses and admit new evidence.

24.   Under the Senate agreement, senators are to debate and vote early next week on whether to dismiss the case and whether to depose witnesses.

25.   While lawyers may reap small fortunes, the cases are sometimes quickly resolved without witnesses being deposed.

26.   With that motion given little chance of succeeding, the Senate also will consider on Tuesday whether to allow witnesses to be deposed.

27.   Meanwhile, lawyers involved in the case continue to depose witnesses.