11.   But Bush took a pass when asked to name some legislative priorities.

12.   But most Republicans would just as soon be rid of the minimum wage issue and move on to their own legislative priorities.

13.   But labor officials say their chief legislative priority is to strengthen Social Security and to kill the Republican proposal for privatizing part of it with individual accounts.

14.   But the measure was a victory in any case for religious conservatives and their supporters in Congress, who had made it a legislative priority.

15.   But this year, as if he had been holding the matter in reserve for the election year, he made it his highest legislative priority.

16.   But there were reminders Monday, as Senate Democrats spelled out their own legislative priorities, of some of the fault lines and tensions that Bush will confront.

17.   Clinton has said securing fast-track trade authority is his top legislative priority this fall.

18.   Clinton said another legislative priority is revamping federal campaign finance laws.

19.   Dave Mason, a congressional expert at the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, said the change is unlikely yield a dramatic shift in legislative priorities.

20.   De Lara first brought his idea to the table this summer, as the board began discussing legislative priorities.