1.   Yaki had tried to broker a compromise earlier this year to keep the initiative off the ballot.

2.   Although Perry failed to broker a compromise, he did not try to squelch the Democrats.

3.   Although President Clinton tried to broker a compromise, timber companies were still seething over their many courtroom defeats.

4.   And it now seems that the Republicans working to broker a compromise may be best positioned to make continued financing palatable to the majority in Congress.

5.   At the Institute, Rotherham worked the Heritage Foundation and other groups to broker a compromise on how best to use federal education dollars to help poor children.

6.   Bruno, who has called for ending most rent protections in two to four years, praised Pataki for trying to broker a compromise.

7.   But an aide in the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services said the numbers will likely change as the Senate and House meet to broker a compromise.

8.   But supporters of the measure have brokered new compromises, including watering down challenges to existing patents, to win broad bipartisan backing for the legislation this year.

9.   Dole has been working to broker a compromise around a measure that would change most welfare programs to block grants.

10.   Democrats said that if Bush was serious about getting a bill passed this year, he would have to be more active in brokering a compromise.