11.   Bell warns the veto threat has to be applied sparingly.

12.   Because Ratliff had asked senators to vote for the bill, he said the veto threat put him in a bad spot.

13.   A Clinton veto threat and opposition in the House killed that dangerous wrinkle.

14.   A Republican-sponsored measure to phase out the federal estate tax over the next decade appears headed for Senate approval, despite veto threats from President Clinton.

15.   A similar veto threat last year helped kill bankruptcy legislation.

16.   A veto threat, and an appeal to the conscience of the centrists, can bring sanity back to the House and provide the ultimate rebuke to DeLay.

17.   Both have drawn the ire of environmental groups and supporters of the arts, as well as a veto threat from President Bill Clinton.

18.   Bush has issued no veto threat against the bill and made no mention of it during a pep talk Wednesday with House Republicans.

19.   Bush has already resorted to a veto threat in an attempt to force Congress to water down legislation that would reform health maintenance organizations.

20.   Bush, who supports a less stringent set of rules, has issued a veto threat if the strict regulations are kept in the final version of the bill.