1.   Union leaders blasted the Government for failing to tackle the jobs crisis.

2.   Action on the ban seemed likely last year, as GOP leaders blasted the law and promised to kill it.

3.   Close played no role in the decision, but union leaders blasted him anyway.

4.   Democratic congressional leaders have blasted the plan as overly risky.

5.   Senate leaders Wednesday blasted Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt for blocking reform of the beleaguered Native American trust fund account system.

6.   Texas Democratic leaders blasted Nixon for his decision to stay in office, rather than resign and prompt a special election.

7.   Throughout that region, leaders have blasted Washington as the enemy in their fight to preserve the economic lifeblood of their tiny, banana-dependent societies.

8.   An opposition leader on Saturday blasted the government over the attacks.

9.   Bavarian CSU leaders have blasted the show for what they say is its attempt to paint all German soldiers as war criminals.

10.   Campaign spending caps have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, and Republican leaders blasted the proposal as an infringement on the First Amendment.