31.   In a savvy but little-noticed pre-emptive strike last month, Clinton vetoed the budget for the legislative branch.

32.   In addition, Orland argued that the legislative branch should decide the boundaries of state immunity.

33.   In his interview with CNN last week, Khatami ruled out any official dialogue with the U.S. government, but he said nothing about the legislative branch.

34.   In his first week as president, Habibie said, he confounded his aides by visiting Parliament in a gesture of respect to the legislative branch.

35.   In leaving, Hatfield will abandon the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful positions in the legislative branch of government.

36.   In other words, the legislative branch would reign supreme.

37.   In the United States, the legislative branch has fallen in public respect and so has the executive branch, and non-governmental institutions like the press and academia.

38.   In unusually strong language, the judges said the circuit court wanted the job to be done by the legislative branch.

39.   It is just the opposite in the legislative branch, where the overwhelming majority of jobs stem from political patronage.

40.   It would be part of the legislative branch, and it would adopt rules detailing how the various laws applied to Congress.