For the next week or two, parliamentary maneuvering could well be the only action on the deregulatory bills in the Senate.
But the tie vote did not count anyway, having been put aside in a round of parliamentary maneuvering.
Even the timing of the conference itself has been put in doubt by parliamentary maneuvering.
They can not be amended and will be passed with a simple majority - no filibusters or other parliamentary maneuvering is allowed.
Much of the drama over the legislation in recent weeks has been in obscure parliamentary maneuvering.
One element in the parliamentary maneuvering that began the day gave a small clue to the future.
The ultimate impact of the American lobbying remains unclear because the parliamentary maneuvering in Israel is still going on.
Both men have shown themselves masters of parliamentary maneuvering.
In neither case did their parliamentary maneuverings pose the slightest risk to the life of a single soldier.
"It is an attempt to defeat managed-care reform through parliamentary maneuvering."