51.   Bush stopped short, however, of making airport security workers federal employees, as some aviation experts and congressional Democrats have demanded.

52.   Breaking along party lines, the full House Appropriations Committee voted to ban health insurance coverage for abortions for federal employees.

53.   Bush would end a requirement that private insurers covering federal employees must offer contraception coverage if they cover prescription drugs.

54.   But a plan passed three weeks ago by the Senate would make all airport security workers federal employees.

55.   But Armey said House leaders would support a bill letting Bush decide whether the airport security system should be manned by federal employees.

56.   Bush prefers a House bill that would put the government in charge of overseeing and setting standards for screening workers, without making them federal employees.

57.   But city officials and experts in government travel spending said the effect of larger stipends would extend far beyond federal employees.

58.   But Chavez said during her Senate campaign that she repaid the loans when she became a federal employee and her nonpayments were uncovered.

59.   But he said the premiums of such businesses would be calculated separately, so they would not affect the premiums of federal employees.

60.   But I thought federal employees could not accept any gifts.