21.   Much of the court day was taken up by procedural matters.

22.   That made it appear as if they were voting on a procedural matter, not specifically on raising taxes on motorists and the elderly.

23.   The House struck down that request on a procedural matter.

24.   The key test will come on a procedural matter -- the rule that governs floor debate on the minimum wage.

25.   The judge in the Minnesota case is expected to rule soon on procedural matters including whether the state will be able to use the documents.

26.   The proxy statement also lists procedural matters that must be submitted to the shareholders for a vote.

27.   The Senate already passed the measure once this year, but it died in a House-Senate conference on a procedural matter.

28.   There may not have been threats, but there was grumbling among some leaders about a chairman breaking ranks on procedural matters, one Republican strategist said.

29.   This was just a procedural matter one has to go through.

30.   Votes on the procedural matter and on final passage are expected by early evening.