1.   After a highly partisan struggle, House and Senate conferees approved a plan that would allow drug distributors to import U.S.-made drugs sold cheaper abroad.

2.   House and Senate budget negotiators approved a plan Thursday to allow drug distributors to import U.S.-made drugs sold cheaper abroad.

3.   Lawmakers soundly rejected a broader measure that would have permitted distributors to import American-made pharmaceuticals that are sold more cheaply in other countries because of price controls.

4.   President Clinton spoke out Friday against a Republican-drafted measure to allow drug distributors to import U.S.-made drugs sold cheaper abroad.

5.   The law essentially allows drug distributors to import U.S.-made drugs sold cheaper abroad.