The bill's supporters then mounted their petition drive.
Since then, however, the sale's chances have improved: Several aerospace companies, union officials and Congressional supporters of the sale mounted a major lobbying effort.
In May 1989 Peacock's supporters mounted a party room coup which returned Peacock to the leadership.
At the same time, Judge Breyer's supporters mounted a successful campaign to convince the president that he had misjudged him.
The parties and their independent supporters have mounted multi-million dollar, hyperbolic campaigns to sway this country's 17 million voters.
The poor results in 1891 caused a fall in revenue as supporters stayed away and mounted a "Sack the Committee" campaign.
His supporters have been mounting an increasingly threatening urban guerrilla war against United Nations forces.
And the drug agency and its supporters have mounted a strong campaign to maintain the agency's independence.
Ravalomanana and his supporters mounted mass protests and a general strike at the beginning of 2002.
But supporters of integrated basic training are still concerned and are mounting a legislative counterattack.