51.   The House last week voted to remove a provision from a farm bill that would have implemented the new national standard for skim milk.

52.   The provision was removed after Gingrich promised anti-abortion advocates another vote later.

53.   The president has opposed the tax break since last summer, when he threatened to veto the entire balanced-budget agreement if Republicans did not remove the provision.

54.   The Senate removed a provision terminating the Department of Commerce.

55.   The weeks ahead are quite likely to see draft revisions as other council members try to add or remove provisions.

56.   The White House has threatened to veto the bill if those provisions are not removed.

57.   They also want to remove the provision that allows suicidal women to obtain abortions.

58.   They also compromised on a bill to curb illegal immigration, removing many provisions Clinton objected to that would have targeted legal immigrants.

59.   This bill may not dismantle federal subsidies overnight, but if the dairy provisions are removed, it would constitute a good start and should be approved by Congress.

60.   Those provisions were removed by the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee that includes Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas.