1.   At the same time, Congress needs to plug another loophole identified by Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, by prohibiting gun sales over the Internet.

2.   Even now, four years before the next mayoral election, it is not too soon to address problems and plug loopholes.

3.   Four money management firms that have managed to dodge the Internal Revenue Service for years through a legal loophole may see that loophole plugged next January.

4.   McCain and Feingold knew that plugging that loophole was a necessary first step if the noxious cesspool of campaign financing was ever to be cleansed.

5.   Now it is up to Congress to plug the loopholes so that the next secretary can quickly institute the program.

6.   Texas officials say they have also taken steps to plug loopholes that allowed participants to manipulate the system during its trial phase last summer.

7.   The council needs to plug this loophole.

8.   The excise tax bill, implemented in January, changed the way the government taxed alcohol and cigarettes to plug loopholes that made underreporting possible.

9.   The SEC can plug the loophole without even changing its regulations, since the current ban covers indirect as well as direct donations.

10.   The Senate version plugs the loophole.