61.   Not all Republicans are happy about the independent counsel law.

62.   On renewing the independent counsel law, which expires this summer, Clinton refused to say where he stood before White House attorneys testify next week before Congress.

63.   On Wednesday, Clinton declined to be drawn into a discussion of the independent counsel law.

64.   One section of the independent counsel law, curiously overlooked by Congress, ought to be activated.

65.   Others say the expected refinement of the independent counsel law will help.

66.   Ray, who succeeded Kenneth Starr, was appointed under terms of an independent counsel law that expired last year.

67.   Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Reno of misinterpreting the independent counsel law in a case that they said could only be credibily investigated by an outside prosecutor.

68.   Reno appointed Robert Fiske under internal Justice Department regulations because there was no independent counsel law.

69.   Reno has said she carefully weighed the facts and the law before determining that the appointment of an independent prosecutor was not justified under the independent counsel law.

70.   Reno told reporters last week she did not consult the White House before making her decision on Cisneros and that she would not propose changing the independent counsel law.