1.   Although the present law will expire on Sunday, most tenants are protected by leases that run into the fall.

2.   And if the Senate does nothing, the laws will expire.

3.   As recently as a month ago, lawmakers predicted that either a compromise would be reached, or one side would capitulate before the laws expired.

4.   Because the federal independent counsel law has expired, Danforth lacks the statutory independence that was granted to Kenneth Starr and other previous outside investigators.

5.   A temporary spending law expires on Wednesday, creating the prospect of a third government shutdown.

6.   Bruno defiantly reiterated his threat to allow the laws to expire unless Silver agreed to a plan to bring about their end.

7.   But that law has now expired.

8.   But when that law expired, a new one allowed the horses to roam farther and later into the night.

9.   Democratic senators and Republican lawmakers in the House have been pushing for a new farm bill even though the current law does not expire for nine months.

10.   Former White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker agreed with the senators who want the law to expire.