11.   And it was just four years ago that Clinton signed legislation passed by a Republican Congress that dramatically curtailed the rights of condemned prisoners to appeal.

12.   Asked if he would sign legislation based on a bipartisan Senate plan, Bush offered a conditional yes.

13.   Asked later if, as president, he would sign legislation that provided for school vouchers, Bradley said he would not.

14.   Bernardin had urged the president to sign the legislation.

15.   A spokeswoman for Gov. Don Sundquist, a first-term Republican, said the governor had not considered whether he would sign the legislation.

16.   Abrams said the team would file papers challenging the law soon after President Bush signs the legislation.

17.   Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco signed legislation Friday requiring insurance companies that offer pregnancy-related benefits to also provide coverage for a wide range of infertility treatments.

18.   Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said he would reluctantly recommend that President Clinton sign the legislation.

19.   Although Bush tried to downplay his anti-abortion politics during the presidential campaign last year, he is much more likely to sign such legislation than was Clinton.

20.   Bush has taken a stand against additional federal gun control and recently signed state legislation that would bar lawsuits against the firearms industry.