1.   A fight erupted when it was learned that the bill had been passed using a procedural move that violated House rules.

2.   A top Democratic aide said the procedural move was a polite way of telling the White House he did not have a chance of being approved.

3.   Afterward, Domenici said in an interview that he made the procedural move to protect the measure once it arrives at a House-Senate conference.

4.   Gunderson switched to the winning side after the outcome was clear, a procedural move to allow him to call for another vote on the measure.

5.   Helms released the nominations after Democrats agreed to procedural moves he had demanded on the reorganization legislation.

6.   In a surprise procedural move, the Senate closed off Republican efforts to approve drilling for oil in that pristine frozen environment.

7.   In the past, Democratic House leaders used procedural moves, rather than open votes, to tie up conservatives.

8.   Mecir was sent to the minors Wednesday, a procedural move which should allow him to be sent to Boston without being placed on waivers first.

9.   Now Martinez recognizes his demotion was not a referendum on his ability but a procedural move.

10.   That, however, is more of a procedural move out of fairness to Brown.