31.   The votes essentially followed party lines.

32.   The votes followed hours of tense talks involving McGreevey, the Senate committee members and Bennett.

33.   The vote followed a bitter debate that ranged across issues of cultural imperialism, environmental correctness and economic elitism.

34.   The vote followed a long, tumultuous debate in which Democrats denounced the legislation as a sham, providing less protection to patients than to health insurance companies.

35.   The vote will follow an AFL-CIO forum that is held for the candidates in the statewide and congressional elections.

36.   The vote followed a year of work on the bill by Republicans, who say the current welfare system traps its beneficiaries in poverty.

37.   The vote followed party lines, with only one Republican, Constance Morella of Maryland, voting for it.

38.   The votes followed a day of protest, as thousands of hunt supporters gathered across the country in a show of defiance against the threatened ban.

39.   This vote also generally followed party lines.

40.   Those votes followed promising efforts by Saudi Arabia and the Arab League to offer a peace plan, though the final proposal makes unrealistic demands on Israel.