1.   And in a byzantine parliamentary maneuver, the Democrats assured that a pair of test votes would come today on two amendments.

2.   And unlike many of his colleagues, Helms has no hesitation to exercise his power, and to seize on every parliamentary maneuver that exists to press his causes.

3.   Both sides considered the issue so potentially explosive that they went to extraordinary lengths to try to outfox each other through a series of arcane parliamentary maneuvers.

4.   After Lott spoke, Daschle asserted that Democrats were relegated to using parliamentary maneuvers to talk about gun control and other issues because they had no choice.

5.   Bulger, however, is known not for his inspirational calls to greatness but for his deft mastery of parliamentary maneuver and compromise.

6.   But his was one of several amendments that was never introduced because of a parliamentary maneuver.

7.   But late Wednesday, GOP senators launched a series of parliamentary maneuvers apparently aimed at delaying a vote on the Democratic proposal.

8.   But such a parliamentary maneuver does not exist in the House, which is why Gingrich tried to avoid a vote on the bill until his turnabout Wednesday.

9.   But through parliamentary maneuver and persuasion, he has passed critical bills for the president and has spared him from embarrassing defeats and hard choices.

10.   But through parliamentary maneuver and persuasion, the unassuming Illinois Republican has passed critical bills for the President.