11.   Administration proposals to impose strict restrictions on firearms sales at gun shows were a source of bitter division in Congress last year.

12.   All this because Vice President Al Gore a few weeks ago put forward a modest Clinton administration proposal to help state and local governments get a handle on growth.

13.   ALARMS RING ON ENCRYPTION PROPOSAL A dozen scientific, educational and engineering groups are opposed to an administration proposal for curbs on domestic use of data-scrambling equipment.

14.   Breaux said he was hopeful President Clinton would keep his promise to offer an administration proposal to reform Medicare,.

15.   Business leaders such as National Association of Manufacturers President Jerry Jasinowski praised the Clinton administration proposals.

16.   But Congress deadlocked last year over a similar administration prescription proposal and adjourned without acting on it.

17.   But the cattlemen argue that the administration proposals would be unnecessary government intrusion.

18.   Computer companies will be allowed to use stronger data security systems in their software exports under a new Clinton administration proposal.

19.   Congressional debate on a series of administration tax proposals has created new opportunities for talks, Finance Minister Luis Raul Matos Azocar said.

20.   Congress this year rejected an administration proposal that would require Medicare to reimburse for the actual purchase price of drugs by doctors and other middlemen.