So now the Senate is getting ready to vote soon, on whether to approve him or not; and at this moment (evening of Jan. 27, 2006) it looks like he has more than the fifty-one votes needed for approval.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	6:advmod	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	6:advmod	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
4	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	6:nsubj|7:nsubj:xsubj|9:nsubj:xsubj	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	6:aux	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	6:xcomp	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	9:mark	_
9	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	7:xcomp	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	9:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	9:punct	_
12	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	15:mark	_
13	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	15:mark	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	15:mark	_
15	approve	approve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	9:advcl:to	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	15:obj	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	_	15	conj	9:advcl:to|15:conj:or	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	33:cc	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	23:det	_
23	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	33:obl:at	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	25:punct	SpaceAfter=No
25	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	23:appos	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	27:case	_
27	Jan.	January	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	25	nmod	25:nmod:of	_
28	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nummod	27:nummod	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
30	2006	2006	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nummod	27:nummod	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	25:punct	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	33:nsubj	_
33	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	6:xcomp|7:conj:and	_
34	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	36:mark	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	36:nsubj	_
36	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	advcl	33:advcl:like	_
37	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	obj	36:obj	_
38	than	than	ADP	IN	_	43	case	43:case	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	43:det	_
40	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	compound	42:compound	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	42:punct	SpaceAfter=No
42	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	43	nummod	43:nummod	_
43	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	37:obl:than	_
44	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	acl	43:acl	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	46:case	_
46	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	44:obl:for	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
