61.   Delays in preparing the bill may cause the bipartisan group some support from conservative Republicans.

62.   --Defense Secretary William Cohen headed to Brussels with a bipartisan group from the House and Senate to meet with NATO leaders.

63.   Escalating a fight with the Environmental Protection Agency, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it harder for the agency to ban certain pesticides.

64.   Former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., has been named co-chairman of The Concord Coalition, a nationwide bipartisan group dedicated to balancing the federal budget.

65.   For now, the biggest problem remains the negotiations between Mitchell and the bipartisan group, but they were reported to be going quite well Saturday.

66.   Four senators plan to introduce a health care reform plan drafted by a bipartisan group of House members in the Senate next week.

67.   Gramm mocked the bipartisan group as in the mainstream of Washington, not of America.

68.   Gephardt recommended that the White House regularly brief a bipartisan group of leaders and lawmakers from committees that deal with terrorism.

69.   He has also teamed with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to co-chair a bipartisan group called the Porkbusters Coalition.

70.   He briefed senators on Thursday at a special meeting in the Capitol, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced new legislation to create a Department of Homeland Security.