11.   A legislator of the Sakigake Party appeared before reporters and said the three parties had failed to agree on reform proposals, which Ito later denied.

12.   A meeting proposed today by lower house Speaker Takako Doi between the ruling coalition and Shinshinto was canceled because the opposition party failed to show up.

13.   After the party failed to convey its vision during the election campaign, many congressmen pointed their fingers at Boehner.

14.   After two hours of talks with two IRS collection officers, the parties had failed to end the dispute, which began eight years ago.

15.   But if the new party fails to make it, the billionaire revealingly put his own name on as an independent.

16.   Clinton will certainly need Democratic support to get the budget approved, and he risks political embarrassment if he leads the fight and his party fails to support him.

17.   German political parties failed to agree yesterday on sweeping tax reforms.

18.   Gould said his group is merely performing where the party has failed, searching out viable candidates and helping them financially.

19.   He believes the party has failed when it offers candidates who are long on image but short on policy substance.

20.   Had the parties failed to reach a settlement, Stovall said she was prepared to take them to court over what she called violations of the Consumer Protection Act.