She said prospects for passage of a health bill were "very good" despite efforts to block it.

So far, there is less evidence of an effort to block investigators.

After the first meeting, residents began lobbying elected officials in an effort to block the home's opening.

But it made no effort to block its partners' decision.

Residents had filed some 4,000 complaints in an effort to block the $2 billion project.

IN the efforts to block reasonable accounting rules, the word of the day is "listen."

Apple's legal efforts to block Windows have not been successful.

He said any Iraqi effort to block such interviews would be considered another material breach.

It would amount to an effort to block the Congressional investigation, they said.

"We have lots of efforts to block it," he said.