1.   And while lawmakers could still take up the issue Friday, the vote may be postponed until September.

2.   At its meeting yesterday, the commission postponed a vote on rules for local phone competition until Monday.

3.   At the behest of GOP leaders, the House Appropriations Committee postponed a vote, originally set for Thursday, on a similar bill.

4.   Batt said he is opposed to the plan and called on the council to postpone its vote.

5.   A cheer rose from the throng of monks gathered at the gates of Parliament when their priestly leaders announced that the vote had been postponed.

6.   A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said the Mississippi Republican would postpone a vote on Holder if Hollings fights a vote on Klein.

7.   According to a CBS News poll released Monday, two thirds of the respondents favored postponing the vote.

8.   After more discussion, the board postponed a vote on the proposal until January.

9.   But all day on Thursday, politicians and community advocates held demonstrations and fired off angry letters to the mayor urging him to postpone the vote.

10.   But Lott postponed the vote until Tuesday to permit senators to continue debating the matter.