21.   Quick passage of the amendment would allow the government to get on with the sale of state assets, including CVRD.

22.   Senator Edward M. Kennedy said Tuesday that the prospects are dim for quick House passage of the bill memorializing his brother, a former attorney general.

23.   Shaw said he expected quick passage in the House, but worried that the bill could become a vehicle for other Social Security reforms in the Senate.

24.   Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has pledged to block the combined bill from quick passage, saying senators must debate and possibly amend it.

25.   The bill is moving toward quick passage in the Republican-controlled House.

26.   The measure also promised quick passage of laws to give federal agencies more money and authority to combat foreign and domestic terrorism.

27.   The picture also touches upon the issues of social injustice, police brutality, religion and mysticism, but only in quick passage.

28.   The sponsor, state Sen. Robert Duncan, hopes for quick passage to beat the clock.

29.   The Vietnam agreement is signed, sealed and packaged, ready for quick passage.

30.   Although quick passage of the bills is seen as necessary, a political confrontation threatens to delay the process.