61.   A handful of Republican senators joined Democrats in defeating an amendment sponsored by Dole that would have allowed the creation of tax-exempt medical savings accounts.

62.   A pivotal Republican senator says he is inclined to oppose the plan as drafted.

63.   A mainstream Republican senator complained about the disparity between prescription drugs in Canada and the United States.

64.   A key Republican senator from South Dakota, Larry Pressler, chairman of the Commerce Committee, lost his seat to Democratic Rep. Tim Johnson.

65.   A leading Republican senator says the renomination of San Francisco gay rights activist James C. Hormel to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.

66.   A Republican senator from Wisconsin, Joseph R. McCarthy, had investigated alleged subversiveness in American institutions, including the US Army.

67.   A Republican senator on Monday accused the FBI of withholding information in a Senate inquiry into allegations of mismanagement and evidence tampering at the vaunted FBI crime laboratory.

68.   A handful of Republican senators derailed a bill designed to protect nursing home residents from abuse.

69.   A month ago his staff were lobbying Republican senators to vote against the idea.

70.   A number of Republican senators have shown little interest in the contract.