1.   A cool but impassioned argument came from former assembly speaker Willie Brown, who chided Wilson in tones more of sorrow than anger.

2.   Pat Lynch, a spokeswoman for Sheldon Silver, the assembly speaker, declined comment.

3.   The assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, whose house had passed the expansion in the past, declined to pass the Senate bill, frustrating some fellow Democrats.

4.   Assembly speaker Francisco Guterres hailed the outcome of the vote.

5.   Assembly speaker Amien Rais called on Wahid not to act against the constitution.

6.   Djokic, the assembly speaker, has not publicly rejected the offer made last week by Poplasen, saying he would act as his Socialist Party decides.

7.   FUNCINPEC, led by assembly speaker Prince Norodom Ranariddh, initially balked, but then submitted a counterproposal suggesting the deadline be lengthened to just three years.

8.   He is also scheduled to visit the National Assembly for talks with the assembly speaker and officials of the ruling and opposition parties.

9.   Leghari took action before dawn Tuesday, naming former assembly speaker Miraj Khalid as interim prime minister.

10.   The assembly speaker is currently former information minister Harmoko, who is known to be a Suharto loyalist.