1.   The legislation has a fundamental weakness.

2.   The question then arises as to how specific the Community legislation has to be before it precludes national legislation.

3.   This new legislation will have a twofold effect on businesses.

4.   The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor.

5.   In that case, the legislation has a more restrictive meaning.

6.   I went on to say in the new world in which we live legislation has grown like topsy and thus requires more drastic pruning.

7.   Although Maine is mostly rural and sparsely populated, the legislation may have national ramifications.

8.   And although the legislation has a base of support among some Senate Republicans, the outcome in that chamber is far from certain.

9.   And then the final legislation would have to go to President Clinton who on Wednesday suggested through his spokesman that he disapproved of even the narrow Senate bill.