61.   But the regulators recently changed their tune in the face of a proposed federal ban against wagering on college games at Nevada casinos.

62.   By contrast, the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a federal ban on medical marijuana.

63.   Court TV had argued that a federal ban on TV cameras in the courtroom was unconstitutional.

64.   Congress passed a federal ban on partial-birth abortions, but President Clinton vetoed it.

65.   Congress enacted a federal ban on partial-birth abortions but President Clinton vetoed it.

66.   Forty states have banned firearms near school zones but Reno told Clinton a federal ban could serve as a backup in school districts where such bans do not apply.

67.   He has voted against a federal ban on assault weapons and against a law to bar workplace discrimination because of sexual orientation.

68.   He said the research may not violate the federal ban because it would use existing stem cell colonies and not involve working directly with embryos.

69.   Health groups are dismissing the code in advance as a public-relations gesture by the tobacco companies trying to head off a new federal ban on smoking ads.

70.   Lee Levine, arguing for the Court TV and C-SPAN, had contended the federal ban on cameras was unconstitutional.