71.   The Democrats appealed the ruling, expecting to lose because such appeals are considered a challenge to the right of the majority party to run the House.

72.   The expected Senate approval of the bill was a dramatic example of the power of the majority party in the Senate.

73.   The lawyers suggested that Freeh may have sided with the Republicans in an effort to shore up his frayed relations with the majority party on Capitol Hill.

74.   The majority parties in the New York state Legislature both said they coasted through the election Tuesday, emerging as entrenched as ever.

75.   The majority parties in the New York state legislature coasted through the election Tuesday, emerging as entrenched as ever.

76.   The majority party sets the agenda and controls the action in the House.

77.   The majority party can use procedures that deprive the minority of offering amendments.

78.   The majority party in Congress sets the rules.

79.   The majority party, even if it has a majority of just one, controls the legislative agenda, all the committees and most of the staff positions.

80.   The LDP, still the majority party in the lower house, will pick the next prime minister, spending the next week choosing among four uninspiring candidates.