51.   If Clinton follows through on his veto threat, the risk of a government default would fall on the president, according to Republican thinking.

52.   If that fails, he said, he and his colleagues would probably vote for it anyway in hopes that the president will follow through on his veto threat.

53.   It also voted to strip out or soften most of the issues that have stalled the bills and drawn veto threats from President Clinton.

54.   It was the first explicit veto threat from Clinton since the voters returned a divided government.

55.   It, too, is expected to pass and also faces a veto threat.

56.   Larger battles loom this summer, with veto threats on other pending legislation, including welfare reform, foreign aid, clean water revisions and gun control.

57.   Last week, Congress defied a veto threat by Clinton and passed the disaster bill with both amendments.

58.   Mann predicted that Clinton would stick to his veto threats, exercising his institutional authority even if he lacked personal authority.

59.   Moreover, House Republicans have vowed to attach an anti-abortion provision to the IMF financing, which has drawn a veto threat from Clinton.

60.   More likely a Bush presidency would facilitate the partisan agenda of a Congress unfettered by a veto threat in the White House.