61.   The Clinton administration favors ratification, but Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms has said he will block it unless it is amended.

62.   The Clinton administration favors the Senate bill.

63.   The source said the Clinton administration favors letting a commission make the decision on whether to offer a buyout.

64.   While the administration has favored legislative passage as a single package, House leaders have been talking about taking a piecemeal approach.

65.   While the administration has favored passing a single legislative package, House leaders have discussed a piecemeal approach.

66.   Gore said Sunday that the administration still favored multilateral steps to lift the arms embargo for the Moslems but its European allies were opposed.

67.   At the same time, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta made it clear the administration still favored dialogue.

68.   Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Monday that the administration favored lifting some restrictions on commercial banks owning other financial institutions such as insurance and brokerage firms.