31.   Clinton, speaking in his weekly radio address, stopped short of a veto threat against the Republicans.

32.   Congress reconvenes Tuesday to grapple with an ambitious fall agenda under the scrutiny of an increasingly impatient public and in the face of veto threats from a skeptical president.

33.   Clinton, facing a major challenge by Congress over control of foreign policy, repeated his veto threat.

34.   Confronted by a veto threat from Clinton, the Republicans tacked.

35.   Daschle urged Bush to reconsider his veto threat.

36.   Defying a White House veto threat, the Senate voted Wednesday to impose tough safety rules on Mexican trucks wishing to drive on U.S. highways.

37.   Democratic lawmakers wasted no time attacking the plan, saying it was sure to draw a veto threat from the president.

38.   Democrats said they were confident that public opinion was on their side, and they showed no inclination to make concessions to Bush in light of his veto threat.

39.   During those negotiations, the White House will attempt to remove the Craig amendment that provoked the Bush veto threat.

40.   Failing that, they are counting on President Clinton to make good his veto threat.