The accusations against Mr. Moore have lifted Democrats' hopes of notching a rare victory in the Deep South in next month's special election, which would narrow the Republican Senate majority to a single seat.
The Abrams campaign began Wednesday believing that substantial numbers of absentee and provisional ballots still to be counted would narrow Mr. Kemp's lead and deny him an outright majority.
In the Senate the Democrats, who now command a smaller majority in the chamber, tried to force changes to parliamentary rules that would narrow the ability of a senator to mount a vote-delaying filibuster.
It would narrow spreads significantly.
Her eyes would narrow with suspicion.
Recent independent surveys suggest a narrow majority would support a sales tax increase.
And a narrow majority would be unstable — risking defeat in crucial parliamentary votes needed to pass more aid or credits for troubled economies.
The vote was the latest in a string of House victories for Mr. Bush on issues like ergonomics, bankruptcy rules and tax cuts, and it illustrated how House Republicans were defying expectations that their narrow majority would leave them hamstrung by infighting.
A hung parliament, or a narrow Tory majority, would immediately make Parliament matter again.
Mr. Wickremesinghe, who has only a very narrow parliamentary majority, would probably need her support to gain parliamentary approval for any settlement with the Tigers.
