91.   Other major bills to watch for may come out of the Banking Committee, which is eyeing financial services and securities reform legislation.

92.   Pending legal reform legislation proposed by Republicans on Capitol Hill also would impose new rules on class-action lawsuits.

93.   President Bush applauded the Senate vote and said he looked forward to signing election reform legislation into law later this year.

94.   Proponents pledge to bring up the issue next year, and lawmakers eyeing re-election see IRS reform legislation as a strong issue to bring to their campaigns.

95.   POLMONEY-SENATE -- WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday abandoned attempts to pass campaign finance reform legislation, likely killing the issue for the year in Congress.

96.   Rep. James Maloney, D-Danbury, and other congressmen today criticized the Republican House leadership for blocking HMO reform legislation.

97.   Representative William Thomas, a California Republican, speaks about Medicare reform legislation.

98.   Republican and Democratic negotiators are seeking an agreement to place some curbs on these issue ads as part of the reform legislation.

99.   Republicans bear part of the blame for killing strong campaign reform legislation offered by the Democrats in the final days of the last Congress.

100.   Rockefeller also objected to the strategy of pulling the child support enforcement section out of comprehensive welfare reform legislation.