51.   Republican leaders plan to meet late this week to begin mapping out their legislative agenda for next year.

52.   Republican House leaders had planned a vote this month to repeal the assault weapon ban.

53.   Republican leaders plan to renew their fight in the state court system this week on different grounds.

54.   Republican leaders plan to send the bill to Clinton in September after Congress returns from its month-long recess, which begins today.

55.   Senate leaders had planned to schedule a final vote on the legislation Friday.

56.   Senate leaders plan to bring the package to a floor vote next week.

57.   Senate leaders plan to leave vouchers out of the initial bill, which Fleisher said would begin to move in March.

58.   Senate leaders planned to convene on Monday in committee rooms in the basement of a building a block away.

59.   Senate Republican leaders plan to take up their version of the legislation later this month.

60.   That, they argue, is exactly what Albanian leaders are planning for the long run.