1.   Aides to Giuliani applauded the veto, saying the bill would have undermined efforts to root out police corruption.

2.   Conservative opponents said the bill undermines marriage.

3.   Opponents said the bill would undermine the institution of marriage and unfairly give certain rights to one class of people while denying them to others.

4.   Some consumer groups and pension specialists said the bill would actually undermine current protections for retirement savings.

5.   The White House said the House bill undermined trade policies and did not do enough to improve environmental programs.

6.   This bill will not undermine negotiations.

7.   But critics from agricultural exporting countries argue that the bill could undermine global attempts to liberalize the farm sector.

8.   Labor groups said the bill would undermine hard-won guarantees.

9.   Levin agreed with criticism that the bill could undermine efforts by Richardson to manage nuclear research programs.

10.   Respected constitutional law professor George Williams said in his submission that the bills would undermine Australian democracy.