41.   Other pro-trade lawmakers agree that the Senate will approve the measure, but only after a bumpy ride.

42.   President Bush has not worked actively on the legislation, but he is expected to sign any measure the lawmakers agree on.

43.   Prominent Republican lawmakers agree.

44.   Republican lawmakers agree on that point.

45.   She said she would do that only if Democratic lawmakers agreed in advance to support her plan.

46.   Snowe and Wyden said Congress should authorize Medicare drug benefits this year, even if lawmakers could not agree on a comprehensive overhaul of the entire Medicare program.

47.   Some budget- conscious lawmakers agree.

48.   Some lawmakers agree that cutting consumption is at least as important as increasing production of fuel.

49.   State lawmakers agreed Tuesday to draft a bill providing annual cost-of-living pension increases to retired state and local government workers.

50.   Some lawmakers agree.