11.   Clinton has indicated that he want to sign the immigration bill, but not if it includes the education provision.

12.   Disagreements over the education provision have held up the appointment of House members to the conference committee that will write the final bill.

13.   It does not yet contain several education provisions demanded by Clinton.

14.   Republican leaders in the House are expected to withdraw a controversial education provision from the immigration-reform legislation Tuesday, removing the biggest obstacle to its passage.

15.   Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., predicted Thursday that the education provision will doom immigration-law reform by this Congress.

16.   She was referring to Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., and the author of the education provision.

17.   Symptoms of trouble for the education provision broke out like hives Tuesday.

18.   The concerns are broad enough that the White House has refused to promise that Clinton will sign the bill even if the education provision is dropped.

19.   The demise of the education provision that would have banned illegal immigrant children from public school marks a setback for Bob Dole, who had supported the measure.