41.   Congress should support the plan.

42.   Could Bryant support the plan with Medicare cuts?

43.   Councilwoman Ruth Galanter, who chairs the Commerce, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said she supports the plan.

44.   Corn and soybean growers generally support the plan, their Washington lobbyists have said, citing its planting flexibility.

45.   De Vaucleroy said he was surprised by the ruling, since the creditors and the Belgian government, a half-owner of Sabena, supported the plan.

46.   Deardourff, however, said he supported the plan.

47.   Democratic sources said Delaware Democratic Senator Joseph R. Biden is leaning towards supporting the plan, and centrist Democratic Senator John B. Breaux of Louisiana is officially undecided.

48.   Democrats who voted for the program are being criticized by Republican challengers around the nation for supporting the plan.

49.   Democrats support the plan, and Republicans oppose it, primarily because both sides believe it will give Democrats an advantage during the process of redrawing congressional districts.

50.   Dole, Speaker Newt Gingrich, and many other Republicans, particularly those from border states like California, strongly support the plan.