41.   Powell said he opposed provisions in the welfare bill, passed Tuesday by the Republican-led Senate, that cut social services for legal immigrants.

42.   President Clinton and many senators opposed the provision, which would have barred illegal immigrant children from public schools.

43.   President Bill Clinton opposes several provisions and has vowed to veto.

44.   Republicans originally opposed the provision when it was raised in committee.

45.   Republican leaders opposed the provision, which Democrats said was necessary to protect public health.

46.   Republicans typically oppose provisions like the one that would require energy developers in the Alaska refuge to negotiate labor deals that guarantee union jobs.

47.   Schumer said he opposed the provision, but supported much of the rest of the bill.

48.   Several Republicans who agreed with Foley on the state and local discrimination issue opposed the provision barring religion-based hiring.

49.   Senate moderates oppose provisions that would restrict nonprofit organizations from using their own privately raised funds for lobbying if those groups receive any federal grants.

50.   Some county governments and agencies oppose a provision they fear would bar them from obtaining tobacco damages of their own.