1.   A special bill was rushed through Congress to deal with the emergency.

2.   Brown rushed bills through the Assembly and the state Senate that barred cities from taxing the transfer of stocks by brokerage firms.

3.   Dole suggested that Senate Democrats were trying to rush a bill through before the American people understood it.

4.   He said the more popular environmental protection bill may be rushed through.

5.   He said his initial vote came after the bill was rushed to the Senate floor, leaving him little time to study the issue.

6.   Hertzberg acknowledged some Assembly members were afraid the bill was getting rushed, but he said lawmakers well-informed about the energy crisis and its details.

7.   Instead, the bill was rushed to a vote Friday.

8.   Lawmakers rushed the bill through without committee hearings.

9.   One reason, he said, is that the bill was rushed through the House.

10.   Republicans rushed the bill through the chamber in an effort to create political momentum, a strategy that angered Democrats.