1.   The Watergate investigations and hearings, for example, were conducted by a joint committee of the House and Senate before Congress passed legislation establishing an independent counsel statute.

2.   But they dropped two other murder counts, saying too much time had passed to establish those facts.

3.   Eight years ago, Florida and other states started passing laws establishing databases based on the blood of convicted rapists and other criminals.

4.   His coalition must pass legislation establishing a settlement corporation for the debt of the housing lenders, and opposition legislators could try to hold the bills hostage.