41.   Bush made education a signature issue as a candidate, and with the Senate evenly divided, Bush has been campaigning to win over lawmakers on his schools plan.

42.   Campaign finance reform was her signature issue.

43.   He stuck to trade, a signature issue for him.

44.   It is a signature issue for Vice President Al Gore.

45.   McCain and Bush clashed several times, including once when the Arizona senator raised his signature issue, an overhaul of the campaign finance laws.

46.   Speaking about his signature issue, military readiness, Cheney again argued that the military has suffered under eight years of President Clinton and Gore.

47.   Still, he has already made a number of gestures to the Democrats in Congress, starting with his signature issue of education.

48.   To be sure, cutting taxes remains a signature issue for GOP lawmakers, who have spent much of the year trying to do just that.

49.   With campaign finance reform as his signature issue, McCain knows the rules.