1.   Arizona cities would be barred from establishing racial quotas in public hiring unless voters gave their approval under a sweeping anti-affirmative-action bill facing lawmakers.

2.   After midnight chimes the end of the inaugural ball and a weekend of festivities, Barnes will face lawmakers likely to battle his administration over details of his proposals.

3.   But the challenge facing lawmakers is complicated and contentious.

4.   Indeed, Greenspan said the risk now facing lawmakers is that the national debt could drop below zero, making the government a net purchaser of private assets.

5.   It demonstrated that environmental issues were among the most divisive and narrowly fought questions facing lawmakers.

6.   Lawmakers were faced with the possibility of breaking with two centuries of tradition and instituting an income tax or cobbling together the money some other way.

7.   Perry on Tuesday promised a no-new-taxes campaign despite projections of a multi-billion-dollar shortfall facing lawmakers next year.

8.   So the lawmakers are faced with the question of whether to compel their testimony by granting them immunity from prosecution.

9.   Some congressional aides are more skeptical because of the relatively tight time schedule facing the lawmakers.

10.   Sooner or later, however, he will have to face the lawmakers if he is to carry out his projects.