21.   The later organization has been supportive of federal nursing home standards, but disagrees with critics who say the conference committee action gutted those standards.

22.   The separate appropriations bill, which sets the exact spending for the coming fiscal year, is awaiting committee action.

23.   There are two versions of the takeover plan awaiting committee action in the Legislature.

24.   Then the committee action expired, along with several other approved nominations, during the August congressional recess.

25.   When Congress last week completed committee action on health care reform, some news accounts sounded a bit like that.

26.   Administration negotiators and key members of Congress have failed to reach agreement on many details, however, and committee action has been pushed back several times.

27.   Bush praised the committee action and urged the full House to act promptly.

28.   But negotiators for the White House and key members of Congress have failed to reach agreement on myriad details, and committee action has been pushed back several times.

29.   Committee action is scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

30.   Committee action on the bill scheduled for Tuesday was delayed as six states were holding primary elections, keeping lawmakers away from Washington.