The speaker's knowledge of legislative maneuvering is nothing new.

But even Mr. Banks acknowledged later that the outcome of legislative maneuvering was uncertain.

Through state and federal legislative maneuvering, the county sued OBC to try to acquire the property.

Senate approval of the foreign trade bill last month didn't end the legislative maneuvering that has dogged its three-year course across Capitol Hill.

Instead, Mr. Dole finds himself tied up in legislative maneuverings that have left voters cold and which the Democrats often turn to their own advantage.

The food industry has tried since 1986 to persuade Congress to pass this legislation, and this year it may succeed through legislative maneuvering.

But then the legislative maneuvering began.

Restoration of food stamps to some of the neediest Americans is too important to be tied up in legislative maneuvering.

The retirement system's viability for future retirees has prompted legislative maneuvering in recent years.

Critics of the bill, exhausted after months of legislative maneuvering, said today that the statement now looked prescient.