1.   The full board will take up the matter Monday, and passage is expected.

2.   Easy passage is expected in the full House.

3.   Few expect easy passage of the legislation.

4.   Final passage is expected no later than Monday.

5.   Final passage is expected Thursday.

6.   He added that he did not expect passage of the bill to cause production to decline much or have any cataclysmic change.

7.   House passage is expected, but the Senate outcome is harder to predict.

8.   Its passage is widely expected, and Clinton has said he will sign it.

9.   Legislators said they expected passage of the measure in about two weeks.

10.   Passage is expected next year.