1.   Congress should approve at least a mandatory three-day waiting period to allow for more thorough background checks of non-felony records on mental health and domestic violence charges.

2.   In addition, the law included a controversial five-day waiting period during which law enforcement officers were to perform their verification duties.

3.   Patients can wait long periods of time before receiving a heart or other organ, and the availability of organs is unpredictable.

4.   Swett also favors the Brady Bill, a bill that requires a five day waiting period to purchase a handgun.

5.   There was a two-year waiting period to qualify for Medicare, a federal government program that provides health care for the disabled and elderly.

6.   Pope John Paul II waived the customary five-year waiting period to start the process leading to possible sainthood for Mother Teresa.

7.   After Mother Teresa died, Pope John Paul II waived the customary five-year waiting period to start the process leading to possible sainthood.

8.   Other sports have set aside Hall of Fame waiting periods occasionally, including for Roberto Clemente and Lou Gehrig in baseball and for Wayne Gretzky in hockey.

9.   Pope John Paul II waived the customary five-year waiting period to start the process toward declaring her a saint.

10.   Pope John Paul II waived the customary five-year waiting period to start the process leading to her possible declaration as a saint.