41.   Congress and the White House have appointed a bipartisan commission to come up with long-term solutions to Medicare.

42.   Democrats in the Senate, who might be expected to want to investigate the president without sharing the spotlight, are leading the charge for a bipartisan commission.

43.   Differences over major changes to Medicare would be resolved by a bipartisan commission, Clinton has said.

44.   Early last month, the bipartisan commission he appointed to study capital punishment released recommendations for overhauling or abolishing the Illinois death penalty.

45.   Dole now says he wants a bipartisan commission to examine campaign finance.

46.   Dole reiterated his call to establish a bipartisan commission to come up with a campaign finance reform plan.

47.   Early next year, Clinton will appoint a bipartisan commission that will submit recommendations to Congress.

48.   Emblematic was his quick pledge to consider Ross Perot, the former independent presidential candidate, for a seat on the bipartisan commission.

49.   For that, Clinton and congressional leaders have discussed appointing a bipartisan commission.

50.   Gerstein noted Lieberman voted last year against the recommendations of the bipartisan commission to further restrict eligibility and allow some additional charges for recipients.