1.   Some significant social policy measures have become law in this way.

2.   And many Democrats improperly concluded that, therefore, more than half of all taxpayers would owe higher taxes if the Senate measure became law.

3.   Both chambers must send a bill to Clinton, and he must sign it, for the policy measure to become law.

4.   Aides said Gorton thinks there is a good chance such a measure will become law.

5.   But as negotiations continued, national public health measures became equally important.

6.   But Coles conceded that should the measure become law, it could be years before the constitutional issue was settled in court.

7.   But he said this security measure was becoming obsolete because of increasingly available ways of compensating for it.

8.   But if the measure becomes law, future presidential races would be entirely financed by private individuals and interests.

9.   But if the Kerry-McCain measure became law, would the SUV, the pickup and the minivan really vanish?

10.   But these measures did not become law, and the House seemed to edge back toward the center.