41.   The panel legislation may include a cut of five percentage points in the base Medicare payment rate to HMOs for new program enrollees, according to the draft outline.

42.   The pending legislation also includes limits on damage awards for defective products, which would be likely to survive a challenge because products move in interstate commerce.

43.   The president noted that the Senate legislation also included a weakening provision, eliminating background checks on people who retrieve their guns from pawnshops.

44.   The Texas Republican said House leaders want any pay-increase legislation to include a tax break.

45.   The senators said the final legislation also includes a reduction in the capital gains tax rate for individuals, but not for corporations.

46.   The vetoed legislation included a bill that would have provided contraception and cancer screening to poor women and created a public advocate for health insurance.

47.   The voucher legislation also includes a provision for so-called charter schools, an innovation that has been tried in several states.

48.   This year, Senate legislation would include that cap, or twice compensatory damages, whichever is greater.

49.   To be believable, the legislation should include congressional investigation and disclosure of all the cases the Clinton administration knew about, but would not act on.

50.   Westbrook said Kory was confused about the local tax rates when he said the legislation did not include a tax increase.