31.   Gore has pledged to make outlawing soft money his first legislative priority.

32.   He has promised to make campaign finance reform his first legislative priority, whereas Bush is unwilling to endorse the elimination of special-interest money from American politics.

33.   He stands to prevail in his opposition to a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the top Republican legislative priority.

34.   Hess pointed out that Clinton, now in his last term, has little time to waste in moving legislative priorities to completion.

35.   House Speaker Dennis Hastert made the anti-drug program one of his top legislative priorities, and on Wednesday he took to the House floor to give a rare speech.

36.   In meeting with congressional Republicans and Democrats on Thursday, he has already laid out his legislative priorities, and established his personal style.

37.   In selecting Breyer, Clinton hoped to avoid a confirmation fight that would distract Congress from such White House legislative priorities as health care reform and the anti-crime bill.

38.   Internet piracy is already a major concern for the recording industry, which has made ratification of the WIPO treaties its top legislative priority.

39.   Less than a month ago, Republican congressional leaders, faced with angry Christian activists, assured them that religious issues would become legislative priorities.

40.   Men place the highest legislative priorities on pensions and retirement security and affordable health care.