31.   And with the help of a handful of Democrats, the Republicans may have enough votes to pass it this time.

32.   And while each state has three votes on the national committee, and two on the rules committee, the bigger states have more votes in the convention.

33.   Any movie that has the bad guy being chased by a petting zoo has my vote.

34.   As an observer state the Vatican can take a full part in all U.N. conferences, addressing them at will although it has no vote.

35.   Are you going to have votes?

36.   As Sharpton left at the end of his speech, several people followed him to ask for autographs and to assure him that he had their votes.

37.   As they made last-minutes changes to appease various factions, Republican leaders were confident they would have the votes for passage today.

38.   As things stand, both the Senate, which voted last week to lift the embargo, and the House have enough votes to override a presidential veto.

39.   At least one more Senate Republican supports the resolution, while a top Democratic vote-counter says the measure has enough votes to defeat a filibuster.

40.   At that time, Republicans expect to show that they have the votes to conduct a bill-killing filibuster.