1.   Even if we were to accept that no legislator should vote for the compromise, this would not explain why we should reject the compromise as an out-come.

2.   Although the legislators will not vote until Thursday, the Republican plan is destined to be approved.

3.   Bad enough that law-and-order legislators voted for red-light runners.

4.   Basque legislators voted against the bill, which now goes to the Senate.

5.   Besides, most Republican legislators have never voted to raise the public debt.

6.   Again by comfortable margin, state legislators voted down a proposal to end the time-worn practice of stuffing legislative and executive offices with family members.

7.   But the legislators all voted the way they felt their constituents would want.

8.   Catholic bishops said that if the bill was not changed, legislators should vote against it and the president should veto it.

9.   Casino officials in Atlantic City, N.J., said Tuesday that they were not surprised that New York state legislators had voted against legalizing casino gambling.

10.   Even so, organized labor is hoping legislators will vote against the measure when it reaches the Senate next month.