1.   But without much hope for more substantive congressional backing, Clinton has clearly decided to act judiciously.

2.   It comes as no surprise that Puerto Rico would wage a multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign to push for congressional backing of a vote on its political status.

3.   Ms. Neumann said it reflects the broad, bipartisan congressional backing for the program that exists outside conservative circles.

4.   Proponents of the trade agreement still give it good odds of winning congressional backing and, longer term, being fully carried out.

5.   Some of the measures will take a little longer to implement because they need congressional backing.

6.   The company also is developing boosters for Patriot-style missiles for the Pentagon, a business that should remain intact if congressional backing is there, Smith said.

7.   The long-standing INS problems, many of which have been traced to a lack of congressional backing and oversight, continued to surface this week.

8.   The overwhelming congressional backing could help Bush navigate the minefield of national issues.

9.   The problem is that Clinton cannot continue much further down the free-trade path without congressional backing.

10.   The situation has undermined congressional backing for Zedillo himself.