11.   Democrats on the banking panel are expected to vigorously oppose the regulatory relief measure because they believe it weakens consumer protections.

12.   Doolittle has introduced legislation to weaken those protections.

13.   From the left, environmentalists, unions, and welfare advocates fret that conservatives will dominate a convention and weaken constitutional protections they cherish.

14.   It also weakens protections that the convention provides for American soldiers who may be captured.

15.   It would weaken special protections for sensitive areas like wetlands.

16.   Moderate Republicans joined Democrats last week to defeat provisions weakening environmental protection, but a second vote was expected Monday.

17.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said he does not see any need to weaken rent protections now.

18.   Most recently, Sterling Forest got tangled up in a parks bill that included a provision weakening environmental protections on federal grazing land.

19.   On Tuesday it significantly weakened protections afforded by a federal law barring discrimination against people with disabilities.

20.   Opponents said the bill would weaken environmental protections and hurt Indian populations.