31.   Committee action on the legislation continued Thursday.

32.   Committee action on legislation could come as early as next week, Archer said at a hearing Tuesday.

33.   For several days, White House advisers have spoken of committee action in the House this week on the Bush plan but it has so far proved wishful thinking.

34.   House Republican leaders have said committee action on GOP legislation could come as early as next week.

35.   Most committee actions take place in closed hearings.

36.   Reid said they hoped it would be the first bill to get committee action this year.

37.   State Department officials declined comment on the committee action.

38.   The committee action cleared the way for a vote in the full house next week.

39.   The Clinton Administration denounced the committee action.

40.   The proposals are part of immigration-law changes already approved by House and Senate subcommittees and planned for full committee action this month or next.