1.   Among his first likely tasks will be to secure Senate passage of permanent trade relations with China, a top goal of the Clinton administration and the business community.

2.   A customs agent posed as a middleman able to secure easy passage for contraband through the port in Oakland, Calif.

3.   But there is so little time left during the current Diet session that it would be almost impossible for such a reform bill to secure passage.

4.   Campbell himself helped lead a renegade group of moderate House Republicans who twice secured House passage of an even tougher bill than Feinstein now proposes.

5.   Cushnahan said the government should secure passage of antitrust laws to reassure its trading partners that they would receive fair treatment.

6.   In any event, they said, Mrs. Clinton was instrumental in securing passage of the bill.

7.   Late Tuesday, Nethercutt and his Congressional colleagues were reviewing a number of options for securing passage of the measure.

8.   More important, though, is that Lott has vowed to bring the legislation to the Senate floor and help secure final passage this year.

9.   Perhaps the biggest breakthrough of the past year was the effort led by Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri to secure passage of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.

10.   Some Democrats believe Bush is vulnerable on the gun issue because he secured passage of legislation in Texas that allows people to carry concealed weapons.