31.   Republicans, he charged, have made the patient bill of rights a partisan issue.

32.   Rove has made the war a partisan issue and any criticism from the Democrats would be considered unpatriotic.

33.   Some who know Henry Hyde well say that, on partisan issues, he does not like to stray from the Republican line.

34.   The Catalyst survey made me puzzle anew over why affirmative action has become such a partisan issue.

35.   The first lady warned against making child care a partisan issue, mentioning the White House child-care initiative launched in January.

36.   The main reason this has become a partisan issue is that Republicans generally have an easier time raising private contributions than do Democrats.

37.   The trade bill is in a special category, congressional and White House officials note, because it is not a straight partisan issue.

38.   The verbal fisticuffs over the Middle East between the White House and House Speaker Newt Gingrich continued Wednesday as foreign policy emerged as another partisan issue for campaign fodder.

39.   This is not a partisan issue.

40.   This is not a partisan issue, by the way.