61.   Democrats repeatedly failed in their efforts to set detailed federal standards for such private health plans, which would serve millions of elderly people under the Republican plan.

62.   Doctors would be tried under the standards of state law, he said, while insurers would be tried under federal standards.

63.   Dodd said he was not trying to impose federal standards regarding the types of voting machinery to be used or how elections should be conducted.

64.   Donna Shalala, the secretary of health and human services, urged Congress Thursday to set comprehensive federal standards to protect the confidentiality of medical records.

65.   Doctors and hospitals support House language that would subject them to yet-to-be-written federal standards instead of the state rules that govern HMOs.

66.   Dr. William Haseltine, the chief executive of Human Genome Sciences, said it would take nine months to start manufacturing an anti-BLyS antibody to federal standards.

67.   Efforts to address air quality also were a primary focal point then as now, with business leaders touting progress in bringing the city into compliance with federal standards.

68.   Experts expect the metro area to be out of compliance with federal standards for the second straight year, which could eventually subject the city to expensive federal regulations.

69.   Federal standards are less encompassing and more easily violated for ground water than for surface waters, such as rivers and reservoirs.

70.   Federal standards require localities to maintain detailed case records, including case-by-case strategies.