1.   And one Democratic leader, Rep. Martin Frost of Texas, circulated a letter raising questions about the campaign finance bill that Gephardt was fighting to pass.

2.   For years, the Republican Party fought to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement.

3.   He even opposed the Family Medical Leave Act, which Dodd sponsored and fought to pass.

4.   Texas voters had trounced a school-finance plan that Democratic Gov. Ann Richards fought to pass.