11.   House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other leaders of the GOP majority, who have their own bill, quickly dismissed it as encouraging too many patient lawsuits.

12.   House GOP leaders, like the president, favor fewer avenues to patient lawsuits against their HMOs and other health plans.

13.   President Bush, in a statement, praised a substitute introduced by House Republican leaders who, like Bush, want limits on patient lawsuits.

14.   The administration would seek more protections for employers and yield on some of their proposed restrictions to patient lawsuits in state courts.

15.   The fight has come down to which courts should handle patient lawsuits.

16.   The maneuvering unfolded Tuesday as House Republicans, trying to gain control over a politically popular issue, weighed a concession in the critical area of patient lawsuits.

17.   The maneuvering unfolded as House Republicans, struggling to gain control over a politically popular issue, weighed a concession in the critical area of patient lawsuits.

18.   The Senate version, more to the liking of health insurers, does not allow patient lawsuits.