41.   Medicare has larger problems, but a presidential commission is not likely to help much with either program.

42.   Money was being harvested while benefits ranging from jobs on obscure presidential commissions to nights in the Lincoln Bedroom were being handed out like candy.

43.   Now, with Social Security facing similar problems, a presidential commission is considering the Thrift Savings Plan as a model for Social Security reform.

44.   Officials have also discussed creating a presidential commission on the subject.

45.   Of what value is a presidential commission?

46.   Only four years ago, a presidential commission formed to study the financial ills of the industry concluded that the airlines bore a disproportionate tax burden.

47.   One of most intriguing new pieces of evidence involves Trie, who served on a presidential commission on Asian trade policy.

48.   Presidential commissions to oversee the CIA have come and gone and few have had much of a lasting impact.

49.   Simply surviving the Holocaust came to be seen as an act of courage itself, worthy of movies and presidential commissions.

50.   Special educators, parents, school officials, lawyers, researchers and other advocates are bombarding Congress and a presidential commission with conflicting information, demands and advice.