71.   But it appears unlikely that a pro-business Republican majority in Congress will do that.

72.   But its approval Thursday underscored the willingness of the members of the new Republican majority to cast difficult votes in areas that have proved politically risky in the past.

73.   But his proposals disappeared in the budget fight between the White House and the new Republican majorities in Congress.

74.   But Mastro said there was still time to persuade the Republican majority to approve it.

75.   But network projections indicated Democrats would fall short of their goal, but would narrow the Republican majority to perhaps six seats.

76.   But now the new Republican majority threatens to cripple some of those environmental strides, Babbitt said.

77.   But others suggest that the newly elected Republican majorities in the House and the Senate could liberate minorities from their allegiance to an often unappreciative Democratic Party.

78.   But it was an even more profound political shift for the Republican majority in the Senate.

79.   But it was made possible only by election-year divisions among the Republican majority.

80.   But policies toward Russia are expected to be among the first areas of battle between the administration and the new Republican majority in Congress.