1.   Although Osteen said the FDA had authority to issue the rules, he nonetheless blocked them until the higher court considers the case.

2.   Among other things, the Senate bill passed today would prohibit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from issuing workplace rules setting ergonomics standards.

3.   And he said that his agency would soon issue new rules to clarify the appeal rights of Medicare beneficiaries.

4.   And once a rule is issued, it will be open to public comment and is likely to be challenged by drug makers.

5.   And the state commission that judges such complaints issued new rules sanctioning lawyers who bring unreasonable claims.

6.   Bonilla wants to keep government regulators from issuing rules on a common workplace complaint, repetitive stress disorders.

7.   After a series of meetings and consultations, Mexico issued rules last month to force Telmex to open itself more fully to competition.

8.   Administration officials said the rules were finally issued in part because of pleas from California, New York and Texas.

9.   After considering public comments, the EPA is to issue final rules this summer.

10.   But the new Republican majority in Congress wants the regulatory moratorium in place while it considers whether to rewrite the underlying laws governing the process of issuing rules.