1.   The commission proposals were approved by a three-to-one majority.

2.   Among a raft of commission proposals is a barn-door-closing measure to bar convicted lobbyists from plying their old trade.

3.   As it turned out, since many small American businesses also wanted to keep the old standard, the trade commission proposal united many unions and businesses in opposition.

4.   But facing Republican opposition and short of votes, Daschle said he had no immediate plans to bring the commission proposal to the Senate floor.

5.   But other lawmakers who play key roles in overseeing Social Security were lukewarm to the commission proposal.

6.   Late that night, the committee tucked the commission proposal into a budget reconciliation bill.

7.   Neither provision is in the commission proposal.

8.   One commission proposal is that the new exchange rate mechanism would contain a group of fluctuation bands pegged to the euro.

9.   The legislation on Capitol Hill, in fact, is more sweeping than the commission proposal.