21.   That legislation will include permission to raise the debt limit, which will be necessary to allow the government to keep paying its bills.

22.   The House legislation includes tougher sanctions, and authorizes U.S. citizens to sue over lost Cuban property.

23.   The House Medicare savings legislation does not include an increase in the Medicare eligibility age.

24.   The legislation also includes a compromise that would allow companies to take the foreign income deferral and still receive at least some credits for paying taxes to other countries.

25.   The legislation included a law that allowed any school board member found to be promoting desegregation to be jailed.

26.   The legislation includes fast-track trade authority, renewing normal trade status for China and reaching agreement on reform of and funding for the International Monetary Fund.

27.   The legislation includes a number of good White House proposals.

28.   The legislation includes many provisions that the president wants and that civil rights groups find objectionable.

29.   The legislation also includes a form of health coverage known as medical savings accounts.

30.   The legislation does not include a provision for arming and training or for financing the withdrawal of U.N. forces.