1.   As the legislative session headed toward a midnight close Friday night, opponents of homosexual marriage insisted on a recorded vote.

2.   At that point, Eberhart called for the recorded vote to be amended and for a new vote to be taken by standing division.

3.   But its sponsor also requested a recorded vote, which was postponed until late evening as the lawmakers debated other amendments.

4.   But the Democrats did not push the dispute to a recorded vote.

5.   Every recorded vote dilutes every other recorded vote equally, whether it is recorded initially or after a recount.

6.   He learned to negotiate the hallways, elevators and subways of the Capitol and to shuttle between his office and the Senate floor, never missing a recorded vote.

7.   If the panel does not respond, Boxer has threatened to introduce a divisive resolution that could force senators to take a recorded vote on the hearings.

8.   It would have taken two lawmakers to force a recorded vote, but no one volunteered.

9.   Proponents hope that the weight of a recorded vote passing the legislation would nudge the House to accept it.

10.   Tabling bills is a tactic frequently employed by both parties to avoid recorded votes on legislation that could be politically damaging.