1.   Clinton asked leading lawmakers this evening, McCurry said.

2.   Clinton asked the lawmakers for their reactions.

3.   County supervisors hardly can repaint their own offices without asking state lawmakers for permission.

4.   In New York and Connecticut, brokers are already asking lawmakers for a free market similar to that proposed in New Jersey.

5.   In the traditional Capitol gantlet of television interviews, one black lawmaker was asked about the Simpson trial even before the Clinton agenda.

6.   Instead, Chairman Jack Pfister devised a watered-down proposal asking state lawmakers to approve the idea while leaving devilish details to a task force yet to be created.

7.   The Florida Medical Association has passed a resolution asking lawmakers to abolish the state exam and require the doctors to follow the same rules as other doctors.

8.   A House committeee burst into applause Tuesday after actor Charlton Heston recited Shakespeare while asking lawmakers to save two government agencies that support the arts and humanities.

9.   A proposal also has been sent to parliament, asking lawmakers to overturn a controversial law allowing refugees to settle in Serb homes, he said.

10.   Bush is expected to ask lawmakers in March for extra money for the conflict in Afghanistan and efforts to improve domestic security, including at airports.