21.   PRESIDENT CLINTON is expected this week to exercise the last veto of his presidency on an anticonsumer bankruptcy bill that eminently deserves to fall by the wayside.

22.   She cited the example of a call received from a Harvard professor who pointed out negative effects of a bankruptcy bill on women.

23.   Some form of an increase in the minimum wage is expected to be approved, possibly in conjunction with the bankruptcy bill.

24.   Supporters said the amendment, attached to a bankruptcy reform bill, addresses the problem of market concentration in the agricultural sector that is edging out family farmers.

25.   Supporters said the amendment, attached to a bankruptcy reform bill, would bring a much-needed pay raise.

26.   That increase spurred the credit and financial industries to lobby Congress to pass a bankruptcy reform bill that would make it harder for consumers to file for bankruptcy.

27.   The amendment, tacked onto a major bankruptcy bill, would prevent abortion-clinic protesters from filing bankruptcy to avoid paying fines.

28.   The bankruptcy bill was approved last month by both the House and the Senate and is awaiting the creation of a conference committee.

29.   The House version of the bankruptcy bill would allow an unlimited exemption for equity in a home owned for more than two years.

30.   The lame-duck session revived the bankruptcy bill from the legislative graveyard, at least for now.