1.   Bush rejected the package and lost his job.

2.   But Macedonian Slav leaders have rejected the package of constitutional revisions, objecting to a provision to make Albanian the second official language.

3.   But Macedonian Slav leaders have so far rejected the package and criticized Western mediators for siding with the Albanians.

4.   If the legislators were to reject the package, they would be hard-pressed to justify a vote in favor of his government.

5.   If the upper house of parliament rejects the package, as expected, the lower house can still overrule and pass major portions.

6.   Those advocates could therefore decide to reject any package of more modest measures that would come out of the committee as too paltry.

7.   Passage in the lower house basically ensures approval, even if the weaker upper house rejects the package in a symbolic vote.

8.   Ramirez indicated he was concerned that the package could be rejected not because of opposition to the assistance to Colombia but because of other aspects of the package.

9.   Approval in the powerful lower house basically ensures passage, even if the upper house rejects the package in a symbolic vote.

10.   But in June, the rebels rejected the package, saying it failed to guarantee democracy in Mexico.