51.   Two are New York City laws that would not be affected if the state allowed its laws to expire.

52.   Under the law, the panel must decide annually whether to discontinue investigations of independent counsels like Ray, who were named before the law expired.

53.   But with terrorism against Israel on the rise, Clinton did not act before Congress recessed and the law expired.

54.   He urged lawmakers to let the law expire.

55.   The law expires in August.

56.   The law expires when someone dies, Hess and Safir said.

57.   While Congress allowed the independent counsel law to expire last July, the costs continue to accumulate.

58.   That law has since expired.

59.   The law had expired and was not renewed due to an unrelated political squabble, then was passed in the Senate late last week.