21.   Make it clear to your representative that he or she should back measures that would make the widespread illegal trafficking in guns harder.

22.   Now, union workers who backed the measure because they thought it would mean job security and retention are angry.

23.   One Democrat, Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, has said definitively that he will not back the measure.

24.   Perenchio donated heavily to former California Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican who backed a measure seen as anti-immigrant.

25.   Park owners backed the measure so they could raise rates when tenants move or sell their units.

26.   Republicans backed the measure, while Democrats opposed it, arguing that the committee should refuse to allow the budget negotiators to dictate telecommunications policy.

27.   Some business groups, including electric utilities, also are backing the measure.

28.   Sperling also convinced former Sens. Barry Goldwater and Dennis DeConcini to publicly back the measure.

29.   That means the House leadership must persuade most of its Republican members to back the measure.

30.   That means the WTO is setting a precedent that will make it hard for it to back other measures taken in the interest of consumers, EU officials said.