21.   Argentine deputies raised a quorum in the lower house of Congress to vote on government proposals to increase taxes.

22.   As a result, the lower house is likely to remain ineffective.

23.   Assembly Speaker Curt Pringle, meanwhile, warns that if Democrats regain control of the lower house, the issue will also run into trouble.

24.   At the national level, voters will elect five other governors, a new lower house of Congress and fill one-quarter of the Senate seats.

25.   Barton said the profits announced today were in line with that forecast and were directly attributable to lower house building.

26.   Because Violante was outside of Rome this morning, it is still unclear whether he will ask Prodi to address the lower house.

27.   Both the lower house and the Senate concluded their work, sending the budget package to the governor.

28.   Both tax changes were passed this month by the lower house, the State Duma.

29.   Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso persuaded Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, the leader in the chamber of deputies -- the lower house of Congress -- to stay in his post.

30.   A bill on production-sharing is wending its way through the Duma, or lower house of parliament.