21.   But Bush seems instinctively drawn to the classic conservative agenda of trimming high marginal rates, capital gains and estate taxes.

22.   But for President-elect Bush, simple majorities will not be enough to push through a conservative agenda.

23.   But in his fight to push his very conservative agenda, even though I think that agenda will hurt individuals in this country, Armey is not mean-spirited.

24.   But in spite of the bipartisan personal dynamics, Bush is largely hewing to a conservative agenda and offering little in the way of compromise.

25.   But others are alarmed by what they see as an unexpectedly conservative agenda pushed foward by hardball tactics by a man who preaches bipartisan civility.

26.   But some people worry that the selection of Ashcroft suggests that the replacements this time will be specifically chosen to carry out a conservative legal agenda of sorts.

27.   But they should know that any Republican attempt to muscle through a hard conservative agenda would lead to two more years of acrimony and paralysis.

28.   But the price of bargaining away key elements of the GOP conservative agenda in the compromise may be steep for House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other congressional leaders.

29.   Clearly the intellectual ingredients for a radical, compassionate conservative agenda exist.

30.   Congress returned from its August break to confront a year-end crush of business Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole pledged to shun compromise on the conservative agenda.