31.   Gingrich pledged to hold votes on many items in the family contract during this session of Congress.

32.   Gingrich said he plans to hold a vote shortly after Congress returns.

33.   Gingrich said that on any usual piece of legislation he would have taken the gamble of holding the vote and seeing if any last holdouts came to his side.

34.   He acknowledged that his government might fall if such a vote were held, given that his coalition partners have backed away from the decree.

35.   He insists that the vote will be held this year.

36.   He said he expects the issue to be talked about this year at the winter meetings and teams must agree on a plan before a vote is held.

37.   Host Jeff Probst was seen simply grabbing the bucket holding the votes and hopping a helicopter out of the Outback, leaving the nine contestants sitting alone.

38.   However, both said that if Clinton were to commit soldiers, they would want to hold a vote first in Congress.

39.   House Republican leaders hope to hold the vote next week before the House leaves for an August recess.

40.   If Bouchard is re-elected, he has pledged to hold another vote on secession before the end of the century.