41.   Gingrich seemed to dismiss the plan Wednesday, accusing the president of trying to preserve a Washington-centered federal bureaucracy.

42.   He argued that eliminating the federal bureaucracy would result in money-saving efficiencies.

43.   He and Vice President Al Gore promised to reduce the federal bureaucracy.

44.   He said a federal bureaucracy had no business telling riverfront communities to build walls, while oceanfront neighborhoods can expect federal relief when hurricanes strike.

45.   He wants to reverse the ballooning growth of the federal bureaucracy and return power to the states.

46.   His agency, considered one of the more hard-nosed federal bureaucracies, has become a frequent target of the Republican lawmakers who swept into power in the November election.

47.   House Republicans objected to the creation of a new federal bureaucracy.

48.   If anything, more such challenges can be expected because of the expanded power the law gives small enterprises to confront the federal bureaucracy.

49.   If you want a federal bureaucracy that is efficient, intelligent and productive, you have to be willing to pay for it.

50.   In a matter of hours, bulging federal bureaucracies were reduced to skeleton staffs and entire offices were empty and locked, with the lights turned off.