11.   Lott favors a bill passed by the House earlier this week that would withhold funding for a commitment of ground troops unless specifically authorized by Congress.

12.   Most House members say they favor the bill.

13.   Santorum favors the bill.

14.   Senators favored a bill that covered those countries plus two dozen in the Caribbean and Central America.

15.   Several senators on the subcommittee seemed to favor a bill designed to keep the Browns in Cleveland.

16.   Some members of Congress favor the bill because the rebels are mostly Christian while the Sudanese government is Muslim.

17.   Some senators who favor the bill fear that it might not have enough support to overcome legislative maneuvers that would block it.

18.   Stabenow, now a senator, favors the bill.

19.   Still, some members of the Senate made it sound as if Deborah was being manipulated by trial lawyers, who favor the bill.

20.   The bill is favored by industry lobbyists and economists who say it would help stave off unduly burdensome regulations, but it is strongly opposed by environmental advocacy groups.