11.   Congress is mulling proposed bipartisan legislation that would make IRA investing more flexible and eligible for more tax breaks.

12.   Clinton has endorsed bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill that would tighten controls on campaign fundraising.

13.   Gingrich and Lott said they looked forward to working with the administration to develop bipartisan legislation.

14.   Hatch and Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, held a news conference today to announce introduction of their bipartisan legislation that they first unveiled last month.

15.   He also called for elimination of soft money, which is the main focus of the bipartisan legislation sponsored by McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis.

16.   He said in his news conference that he supported bipartisan legislation aimed at bringing down the costs of campaigns and otherwise reforming the system.

17.   He oversaw bipartisan legislation reforming securities industry laws, which passed Congress last year.

18.   House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., will move forward on the bipartisan legislation, said his spokesman, Jeff Lungren.

19.   In a final twist Monday, Thomas altered his bill so that it contained the same ban on soft money as the bipartisan legislation.

20.   Instead of trying to write bipartisan legislation, Republicans and Democrats have seized the debate to showcase their opposing remedies for ailing schools.