61.   Greenspan endorsed the bill last week, but the White House had the Fed chairman do it again.

62.   House Republican leaders, struggling with a slim majority and a fractured caucus, did not endorse any bill until debate opened on the issue this week.

63.   It took Hastert until this week to endorse any bill, and the GOP strategy was fuzzy until debate opened.

64.   Last week national security adviser Condoleezza Rice wrote lawmakers a letter tentatively endorsing the bill.

65.   Miriam Lau of the business-oriented Liberal Party endorsed the bill, but called on the government to specify the state organizations that are covered.

66.   President Clinton endorsed the bill but said he would sign it only if it were free of serious changes.

67.   Republican leaders, struggling with a slim majority and a fractured caucus, did not endorse any bill until debate opened on the issue this week.

68.   She wound up endorsing the bill, while Markey said he would vote no.

69.   Since promising a vote, the speaker has been distancing himself from their effort, refusing to endorse the bill or even say what he thinks of it.

70.   She wound up endorsing the bill while Markey said he would vote no.