31.   Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday that he was not optimistic that Congress would approve legislation creating another commission that would close excess military bases around the country.

32.   Each time his proposal, which would create a commission to study the feasibility, has died in committee.

33.   Florio had promised to create a commission to take another look at the law, but he never got the chance.

34.   He countered by creating the commission, whose ballot proposals, by law, prevent any referendum from being presented to the voters.

35.   He created a commission on race relations, which held hearings around the country, but no final report was issued.

36.   He said a Senate vote would soon be scheduled on creating a commission.

37.   Her proposal is to ask voters to create a commission and give it a specific framework to create a borough proposal and return with it in the next election.

38.   He said the president should agree to his proposal to create a commission to look for solutions to the health-care entitlement issue.

39.   Horror stories about patients being denied care by their HMOs prompted Clinton to create the commission.

40.   In addition to creating the commission, the law authorized a new State Department office devoted to religious freedom, headed by an ambassador-at-large.