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Labor lawmakers applauded deliriously.

If she cannot justify the flood tax in the wake of the country's worst natural disaster, Labor lawmakers will wonder what she can achieve.

At least 35 of the 103 Labor lawmakers in Parliament would have to sign on to the petition to force a leadership vote.

Restive Labor lawmakers ejected their first prime minister, Mr. Rudd, in 2010 and replaced him with Julia Gillard, only to turn on her this year and bring back Mr. Rudd again in June.

That suggests that the prime minister could face a challenge to his leadership at the Labor conference, although the support of about 70 Labor lawmakers is required as the first step to setting off a contest.

With two junior ministers having also stepped down, and Labor lawmakers circulating a draft e-mail message demanding that he quit, Mr. Brown's position was increasingly being compared to that of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1990, when cabinet resignations and a Conservative backbench revolt combined to oust her.

Pro-labor lawmakers are furious that union workers are being blamed for causing the automakers' problems, even as tens of thousands face layoffs.

Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, and other pro-labor lawmakers, said they resented that the United Automobile Workers union was being blamed for causing the automakers' financial problems.

Mr. LaRossa and other critics contend that the unions' electoral success contributes to the high cost of government in New Jersey, a core issue in a state where Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, has clashed with labor and lawmakers over salaries, pensions, staffing and overlapping layers of government.

led a patchwork alliance of labor unions, Republican lawmakers and Tibetan monks who accused the company of human-rights abuses and of planning sweeping layoffs in China.

For Lisa Guadalupe and Lissette Conti, who marched with their three children, the parade on Sunday capped a week of highs and lows as they watched lawmakers labor over the marriage bill.