31.   Lawmakers also voted to reform and modernize the Internal Revenue Service and approved a massive and much-needed highway construction bill.

32.   Lott plans to move Thursday to cut off debate on the highway bill and bring it to a vote, permitting only amendments that have to do with highways.

33.   Massachusetts is the only state to have lost money under the new highway bill.

34.   Moreover, they cry foul at spending money from the highway bill on bike paths because it comes from the federal tax on gasoline.

35.   NATIONAL ISTEA --The new highway bill was an unusual and unusally political piece of legislation.

36.   On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly approved the largest highway spending bill in congressional history.

37.   One of the managers of the highway bill agreed that more lives will be lost, despite his support for the overall legislation.

38.   Other provisions in the highway bill would lift federal pressure on states to have motorcycle helmet laws and exempt certain trucks from federal safety standards.

39.   Or as Kasich joked, congressmen oppose highway bills at their own peril.

40.   President Bush won the Gulf War and asked Congress for a highway bill in return.