41.   Chief lobbyist Jim Baker said the court action is an end run around the legislative process, and that it is being pushed by lawyers looking to get rich.

42.   Congress is providing an example right now of the legislative process that gives government a bad name.

43.   Conventional politicians, restrained by the legislative process and the influence of advocacy groups, had not raised the issue.

44.   Critics suggest Finneran is reluctant to open the legislative process to greater scrutiny.

45.   Congress desperately needs to cleanse the legislative process of the taint of donor-driven bill writing.

46.   Congress has considered a series of measures this year designed to limit and expose the influence of special interests on the legislative process.

47.   Deciding where it comes from, how much there is and where it goes is an enormous part of the legislative process.

48.   Dempsey acknowledged that past criticisms accusing the association of excluding various interest groups from the legislative process had led to a wider involvement.

49.   Dole is a master of the legislative process, and the setbacks he suffered this week might ultimately prove incidental, as far as legislation is concerned.

50.   Dole, his fellow senators observe, was expert in a kind of delicate negotiation and tactical maneuvering that is the real work of the legislative process.