41. Volpe said the employees will review the contract and a ratification vote will follow, although no date has been set. 42. As expected, the final vote closely followed party lines, with only four Republicans voting for the treaty. 43. China, the United States, the ASEAN countries and the European Union have said they expect the National Assembly vote to follow the constitution. 44. If the questioning is followed by a successful no-confidence vote, it will lead to the resignation of the Cabinet or the dissolution of the legislature. 45. If the still uncounted votes follow general voting trends, the reform would be approved, still by a scant margin. 46. The crucial vote followed a third reading. 47. The final vote closely followed party lines, with only four Republicans voting for the treaty. 48. The internationally supervised vote followed widespread lawlessness that erupted after the collapse of phony pyramid schemes, which cost many Albanians their life savings. 49. The post-midnight vote followed a testy final flurry in which a few dozen amendments were accepted but scores of others were dropped over the angry protests of several senators. 50. The vote followed a heated debate all day in the assembly and police clubbing of protesting students and other Belgraders in front of parliament earlier Tuesday. |