41.   Even from his own myopic perspective, President Bush last week issued a little-noticed veto threat that backfired.

42.   Fleischer stopped far short of making a veto threat, however.

43.   Gore urged President Clinton to veto the bill unless Republicans make concessions, and even though the White House Wednesday reiterated its veto threat, Republicans were undaunted.

44.   Hanging over the negotiations is a veto threat from President Bill Clinton as the bill headed to the House floor last week.

45.   He has begun issuing veto threats if Congress tries to defy his spending priorities.

46.   He has issued a veto threat against the Senate-passed version, which that chamber approved last month.

47.   He said the veto threat was little more than a public relations stunt.

48.   Hospitals would presumably be the chief beneficiaries of the veto threat.

49.   However, a proposed Republican exemption to the minimum-wage bill brought a swift veto threat from the administration.

50.   House Democrats said the legislation, which has drawn a veto threat from President Bill Clinton, is a misguided ruse to cut taxes, particularly for the rich.