41.   Because the packages are so different, many lawmakers have been saying they hope President Bush will step in personally to help work out a compromise.

42.   Betting is common on college campuses, in workplaces, on the Internet and through bookmaking operations, some lawmakers said.

43.   Before that happens, though, Democratic lawmakers said they want to be sure that residential customers, as well as businesses, benefit from the lower rates.

44.   Black lawmakers had said they wanted to express outrage over what they consider disenfranchisement because of the halted vote recounts in Florida.

45.   Benefit programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will be exempted from the across-the-board cut, lawmakers said.

46.   Border area lawmakers said what was done was not enough and Ratliff agreed.

47.   Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers say that having a coordinator of a war against domestic terrorism is better than nothing.

48.   Both lawmakers have said they will refrain from making such investments in the future.

49.   Both lawmakers said charging a fee to cross the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada would place an unfair burden on area residents and depress the economy.

50.   Both lawmakers say they will not let their rivalry derail the goal of replacing the income tax with a simpler alternative.