21.   Langevin has made gun control one of his signature issues.

22.   Laura Bush, the first lady, returned to New York City on Tuesday and to her signature issue, education.

23.   McCain said Bush had handed his signature issue back to him.

24.   McCain, the Arizona Republican who sponsored the bill and who has made campaign reform his signature issue, said passing it would help restore public faith in politics.

25.   McCain has made changing the election financing system a signature issue.

26.   Nor did the Legislature distinguish itself on environmental matters, a signature issue for the governor.

27.   On another signature Bush issue, an end to social promotions in public education, the House voted to postpone it for a year.

28.   On the education front, Bush will sign into law next week the education overhaul that was a signature campaign issue.

29.   Politicians had made schools their signature issue, and newspaper headlines trumpeted tiny test score changes as proof of progress or failure.

30.   Republican leaders in the House scrambled Tuesday to head off a revolt by moderates within the party and avert a humiliating defeat on their signature issue of tax cuts.