11.   Dole backs the measure.

12.   Further delays risk unraveling the consensus already backing the measure.

13.   Gnant, R-Scottsdale, is backing a measure that would allow the tracks to expand into video lottery terminals, which are close cousins to slot machines.

14.   Goodling is backing a measure that would forbid the Department of Education from spending money on such standardized tests.

15.   He declined to reveal whether the Wilson administration will back the measure.

16.   In Missouri, rural voters are expected to back the measure strongly, while urban residents, especially blacks, are more skeptical about it.

17.   In particular, he believes Bush may back corporate measures to limit access to digital films, music and other content.

18.   In the voting Wednesday and Thursday morning, most black Democrats backed the measure, as did more than three dozen Republicans.

19.   In the voting Wednesday, most black Democrats backed the measure, as did more than three dozen Republican moderates.

20.   Lawmakers said that even though Bush said he backed the measure he did not lobby for its passage.