41.   U.S. President Bill Clinton backed legislation to prevent health insurance companies from raising premiums and discriminating against individuals based on their genetic make-up.

42.   Wheat also backed legislation in Jefferson City that could be seen as self-serving.

43.   When former President Carlos Saul Menem joined crucial Justicialist governors in backing the legislation, Senate passage looked certain.

44.   When it agreed in June to back legislation cutting severance payments, it won a general promise from business leaders to raise wages, but with no percentage targets.

45.   While President Clinton defended the use of the Lincoln Bedroom to host big Democratic donors, a half-dozen Republican House members backed legislation Wednesday to ban the practice.

46.   With just more than six months before he goes before voters seeking a second term, Brown is backing legislation to crack down on panhandlers.

47.   Year after year, he backed legislation to withdraw troops and stop the bombing.

48.   Acebes said he was confident the legislation would be backed by a strong majority when it is put to the two houses of Parliament in the coming weeks.

49.   All parties now are backing new legislation to reform campaign fund-raising.

50.   As do most Republicans, Lott backs the legislation to grant China permanent normal trading benefits to accompany its expected entry into the World Trade Organization.