81.   The committee votes on the nomination as well as the nuclear-waste bill had been scheduled for Wednesday.

82.   The committee vote is tantamount to approval in Brazil.

83.   The committee votes were preceded in both chambers by impassioned testimony from Florida voters.

84.   The measure never even won a committee vote when Democrats controlled Congress.

85.   The outcome is also uncertain in the Senate, where the first committee vote is scheduled for this week.

86.   The outcome of the committee vote had been in doubt until Friday.

87.   The Players Association, which has conducted a lobbying campaign of its own, adopted a low-key approach in its reaction to the committee vote.

88.   The resolutions are given little chance of final passage, but supporters say the committee votes signal a major shift in attitudes.

89.   The Senate committee vote and House floor vote on the balanced budget amendment were only put off one week.

90.   The taxpayer may be able to obtain the first draft, but seldom the up-to-date version, seldom the real bill before it is put to a committee vote.