61.   They can, and often do, stall or block the passage of government policies.

62.   Without enough votes to block passage, opposition lawmakers tied up the National Assembly for almost a week by physically preventing ruling party legislators from convening.

63.   For years the question over mineral rights had blocked passage of the treaty.

64.   As a Kyodo team tried to enter the residence, however, policemen blocked their passage, the agency said in a dispatch from Lima.

65.   Bosnian government commanders have so far blocked passage for the United Nations in northwest Bosnia as they have continued to press on with an offensive.

66.   China and Russia both have veto power to block passage of any resolution.

67.   China on Saturday warned the United States government to block the passage of a bill which allegedly contains anti-China clauses or face a serious deterioration in bilateral relations.

68.   The question over mineral rights for years had blocked passage of the treaty.

69.   The United States will use all its infuence to try to block passage of a Security Council resolution on Jerusalem, Western and Arab diplomats said here Tuesday.

70.   They blocked the passage of public buses that are exempted from the ban, forcing them to drop off their passengers.