11.   But a growing movement, led primarily by lesbian health care providers and political advocates, has pushed the issue forward.

12.   But Barnes will continue to push the issue in the Senate, aides said.

13.   But Delaware and its partners pushed the issue again, knowing a meeting of athletic directors was on the calendar.

14.   But Germany is pushing the issues further.

15.   But Barbaro has used his seniority to push issues of concern to his constituents.

16.   But governors impatient for change and desperate to cut their own spending pushed the issue back on the agenda last month when they approved a bipartisan welfare reform proposal.

17.   But he had nowhere near as ambitious an agenda as the omnivorous Bullock, who pushed big issues like school finance and water, among others.

18.   But I keep pushing the issue.

19.   But it was influential Jewish groups in Southern California, such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, that pushed the issue, prompting Fong to respond.

20.   But Rowland remains short of the votes he needs and has taken a political risk by pushing the issue so vigorously.