With the Senate in Democratic hands by one vote and the House narrowly controlled by Republicans, the political stakes are enormous, especially if a result of the debate is a budget that continues to spend Social Security taxes instead of using them to pay off the federal debt.

In Vermont, when no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the Legislature must choose a winner, and yesterday the Democrat-dominated Senate and the House, narrowly controlled by Republicans, picked Mr. Douglas by a vote of 159 to 16.

They also believe they could win at least one seat in the New York State Senate, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans.

With the Senate in Democratic hands by one vote and the House narrowly controlled by Republicans, the stakes are enormous.

Section New York, narrowly controlled by the dissident faction, elected such a General Committee, which met for the first time on July 8, 1899.

As a constitutional theory for the communication of ideas, laissez faire is manifestly irrelevant" when the media are narrowly controlled by private power.

The unanimous backing of Mr. Lieberman's committee would seem to give the measure a good chance in the Senate, which is narrowly controlled by the Democrats, 50 to 49.

The Senate, which was narrowly controlled by Democrats in 1988, now has a veto-proof Republican majority.

The new House that convenes in January will be narrowly controlled by Republicans.

Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1801, Breckinridge functioned as Jefferson's floor leader, guiding administration bills through the chamber that was narrowly controlled by his party.