11.   Congressional Republicans are trying to bring momentum to months of negotiations with Senate Democrats to pass a bankruptcy reform bill.

12.   CONNECTICUT -- Working on a story on the bankruptcy bill.

13.   Democrats, led by Leahy, are also considering changes to the bankruptcy bill that they say would make it friendlier to consumers.

14.   Four liberal Democratic lawmakers joined labor and consumer advocates Tuesday to denounce a bankruptcy reform bill they say excessively punishes debtors.

15.   Grassley is the author of the Senate bankruptcy bill.

16.   In addition, President Clinton has vowed to veto any bankruptcy bill that he considers too harsh.

17.   In Washington, the Senate is expected to consider a bankruptcy reform bill next month.

18.   Kennedy is expected to offer the minimum-wage bill as an amendment to the bankruptcy reform bill when it comes to the Senate floor.

19.   Kohl said that the bankruptcy bill would be a parody of reform if it cracked down on low-income credit card debtors but allowed high-income debtors to keep their mansions.

20.   Last week, or two weeks ago actually, we passed a bankruptcy bill that ran on for hundreds of pages.