1.   An identical provision prompted a veto last year.

2.   But White House aides said the logging provision alone would not be enough to prompt a veto.

3.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia said last month that medical savings accounts would be dropped from the final bill if they truly will prompt a veto.

4.   If anything, they seem eager to prompt a veto.

5.   Sen. Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, is a major proponent of the provision, but the White House has repeatedly warned that it would prompt a veto.

6.   Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is a major proponent of the provision, but the White House has repeatedly warned that it would prompt a veto.

7.   That move would almost certainly prompt another veto and delay disaster aid even longer.

8.   The real debate is just beginning, and the specific spending and tax bills that will set priorities and perhaps prompt presidential vetoes will come this summer.

9.   The White House has said the provision would prompt a veto, because it weakens an existing law that encourages banks to make loans in low-income and minority communities.