41.   Other reformers, however, fear that such a provision could doom the McCain-Feingold measure, since it is likely to provoke strong Democratic opposition.

42.   Opponents of such a provision said it was too broad and would be abused.

43.   Republican leaders are adamantly opposed to that idea, saying that such a provision would delay full competition between local and long-distance carriers for years.

44.   Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said he would not go along with a bill that lacked such a provision.

45.   So such a provision might make little practical difference.

46.   Such a provision is not unprecedented.

47.   Such a provision raised the prospect that public money would be used to bail out private companies.

48.   Such a provision, critics say, would make companies hesitant to turn over information on defects to federal regulators and prompt companies not to cooperate in safety investigations.

49.   Such a provision is especially important to online retailers.

50.   Such a provision will be in both bills.