31.   Bush embraced the idea of a bipartisan Social Security commission during the campaign, but has not made it a priority since taking office.

32.   Bush in the past has voiced support for a Medicare reform plan outlined by a bipartisan commission last year.

33.   But the ability to reach a political consensus this year may be tough, particularly with the collapse of the bipartisan commission on Medicare.

34.   But when a bipartisan commission came back with a more conservative approach than he and many Democrats could swallow, he backed away.

35.   Certainly, they did not right the wrongs that plague Medicare, although the president and congressional leaders will appoint a bipartisan commission to tackle that job.

36.   Clinton also suggested a bipartisan commission to study entitlement reform.

37.   Clinton plans to dispatch the most explosive political and financial challenges confronting his presidency in a second term to blue-ribbon bipartisan commissions.

38.   Clinton wants a bipartisan commission to choose the best approach, said McCurry.