61.   Legislators from both major parties expect Gov. George Pataki to sign the measure.

62.   Legislators from both parties predicted that he would sign the measure by the midnight deadline on Wednesday.

63.   Lobbyists have not given up, insisting they have a chance up till when Bush signs a measure into law.

64.   Motta signed a measure that regulated areas of wireless telephone operations and data transmission via satellite.

65.   Once a measure has been signed into law, Jackson ruled, only Congress has the power to rescind it.

66.   One is that given the financial turmoil everywhere, the president would have a hard time not signing a measure that the entire financial services industry says is needed.

67.   Peter McDonough, a spokesman for Whitman said that the governor has yet to decide whether she will sign the measure or veto it.

68.   President Bill Clinton is expected to sign the measure, in part because lawmakers offered several, if limited, concessions.

69.   President Bush has said he will sign the measure.

70.   President Bush is expected to sign the measure into law on Friday.