71.   By making the measure law, Clinton largely removed welfare reform as a campaign issue.

72.   But why does it have to become a campaign issue and why does my classroom have to be turned into a political arena?

73.   Campaign finance issues involving Gore were also the focus of attention on Thursday at the Justice Department.

74.   Complicating the picture is the fact that China is surfacing as a campaign issue.

75.   Congress passed legislation outlawing the operation, President Clinton vetoed it, and anti-abortion leaders vowed it would become a major campaign issue.

76.   Controlling immigration has also become a major presidential campaign issue.

77.   Crime, his latest campaign issue, was undercut by government statistics showing a decline in violent crime.

78.   Congress killed the biggest campaign issue.

79.   Democratic strategists have been all but gleeful in the last week as Dole, the likely Republican presidential nominee, has unintentionally elevated tobacco as a campaign issue.

80.   Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, still under fire for past fund-raising activities, has attempted to seize the campaign finance reform issue from Texas Gov. George W. Bush.