31.   All three proposals have a strong chance of passing.

32.   Bruno has proposed legislation that would phase out most rent protections in two years, but many Democrats say that proposal would have trouble passing in the Senate.

33.   Both proposals have their critics.

34.   Both proposals have their share of vocal detractors.

35.   But any new proposals will have to come from Gore himself on Thursday night.

36.   But even House members have an obligation to weigh legislative proposals carefully, both in terms of public support and the impact that these proposals might have.

37.   But for many college-bound students, the proposal would have little practical effect.

38.   But he said the proposal has positive and negative aspects that deserve elaboration.

39.   But in an interview published Wednesday by The Washington Post, Clinton indicated the Senate proposal would have to be modified in order for him to support it.

40.   But Stuart M. Butler, director of domestic policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said the Clinton plan and the Republican proposals had more differences than similarities.