91.   Rep. Sonny Bono, R-Palm Springs, tries to muscle his first bill through the House of Representatives today.

92.   Roth will face a host of other challenges as he attempts to push his bill through the Senate by the end of next week.

93.   Republican leaders have been trying to push the bill through Congress as fast as possible, but last week Democrats used Senate rules to stall the debate.

94.   Schroeder must also guide the bills through the upper house, the Bundesrat, where he does not have a permanent majority.

95.   Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, successfully maneuvered an abortion parental notification bill through committee earlier in the session.

96.   Sen. Bob Dole put the White House on notice on Saturday that Democrats need not be in such a hurry to rush a health-care bill through Congress.

97.   Sen. Frank Murkowski toasted the passage of three highly contentious bills through Senate committee Wednesday.

98.   Sen. Lieberman promises to lead the passage of the bill through the Senate and urged the president to reconsider his decision.

99.   Several conservative senators, including Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, have threatened to block a vote on the bill through a filibuster.

100.   So far Republicans are willing to cover U.S. bills only through the end of March, the White House aides said.