21.   Over the squawking of both moderates and conservatives, House leaders stripped out four controversial provisions from the nettlesome bill that finances the Treasury Department and the Postal Service.

22.   Perhaps the most controversial provision of the Bowen bill concerns how the waterpower system will be valued.

23.   Potential further complications could involve other controversial provisions that could be revisited if the bill drags out longer.

24.   Perhaps the most controversial provision of the agreement says that companies should report human rights abuses to the host government and urge investigations and measures to prevent a recurrence.

25.   Republicans earlier this month had stripped the bill of its most controversial provision, which would have barred illegal immigrant children from public schools.

26.   Sen. Alan Simpson said Thursday he will drop a set of controversial provisions restricting legal immigration of skilled foreign workers from his landmark immigration bill.

27.   Shaw hinted in his speech Thursday that Republican leaders have retreated slightly from the most controversial provisions of their original plan.

28.   Sen. Dianne Feinstein warns she will not support an immigration bill if it contains controversial provision allowing states to ban children of illegal immigrants from public education.

29.   Staff members said the committee is likely to amend another controversial provision that would deny welfare benefits to legal immigrants who pay taxes.

30.   The bills also streamline FDA processes during reviews and follow-up surveillance, including one controversial provision that limits the scope of an FDA review of a medical device.