61.   The Shays-Meehan bill would ban large, unregulated contributions known as soft money that have increasingly influenced state and national elections.

62.   The surveillance would apply to e-mail transmissions and website visits, but the compromise bill explicitly bans any surveillance of e-mail or website content.

63.   The Shays-Meehan bill would ban unregulated donations to parties and bar donations to independent groups to pay for television ads.

64.   The tougher House bill bans U.S. funding of any group or agency that uses abortion as a form of family planning.

65.   The U.S. Senate will address the question Tuesday as it considers bills to ban the cloning of human beings.

66.   They say the bill does not ban such advertising, it just forces groups running such ads to disclose who paid for them.

67.   When Congress was considering a bill to ban the interstate shipment of trash, these Virginia officials pleaded to keep it flowing.

68.   Yet another bill would ban foreign aid to countries with abusive child-labor policies.

69.   Among other things, the bill bans South Carolina participation in large-jackpot multistate games, such as Powerball.

70.   As drafted in the House, the bill would ban the use of soft money in federal campaigns.