11.   They will also seek congressional backing for rules that require hedge funds to disclose more information about their borrowing and trading practices.

12.   To win congressional backing for these steps, Rumsfeld will have to consult more closely with lawmakers.

13.   President Clinton, who has committed the U.S. troops to join the peace implementation force, is looking for U.S. congressional backing.

14.   But he said he remained confident of winning congressional backing in coming days on new measures to ease the four-year-old crisis.

15.   But people in the decontamination business are pinning their hopes on a new product developed at a government laboratory with congressional backing.

16.   Daley expressed confidence about winning U.S. congressional backing for a WTO deal.

17.   He praised congressional backing for a presidential line-item veto and for restricting the ability of the federal government to impose programs on states without paying for them.

18.   The announcement came after the first cabinet meeting of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose conservative Popular Party won Congressional backing last weekend.

19.   Wednesday evening, looking for congressional backing, Bush summoned nearly two dozen members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee to the White House.

20.   Wednesday evening, looking for congressional backing, Bush summoned nearly two-dozen members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee to the White House.