31.   The fray is expected to continue Tuesday when the Senate Agriculture Committee opens its hearings on derivatives and the near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management.

32.   The House Election Law Committee opened hearings last week on a bill to implement the proposed prohibition.

33.   The government has argued that opening the hearings could undermine its efforts to prevent attacks.

34.   The House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings last week into charges that Clinton committed perjury and obstructed justice in hiding his affair.

35.   The law requires the safety board to release a transcript of the recorder on the day it opens hearings.

36.   The House Banking Committee is scheduled to open its hearings on the package in Washington on Wednesday, with new Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin testifying.

37.   The panel opens hearings next month.

38.   The Senate Armed Services Committee will open hearings on the proposal Tuesday.

39.   The Senate opens hearings on the issue.

40.   This week, the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on proposed methods of changing the way the U.S. Treasury collects tax revenue.