81.   Closing out a workmanlike annual session of the national legislature, lawmakers approved the amendments giving greater backing to the vibrant but officially neglected private sector.

82.   Congress planned rare sessions for Saturday and Sunday so lawmakers could approve daily, stopgap bills to keep federal agencies open while negotiations proceed.

83.   Construction of the bridge must be approved by lawmakers in both countries.

84.   Costa Rican lawmakers have approved a motion to ban unmarried women from undergoing artificial insemination.

85.   Deregulation, approved by lawmakers four years ago, was supposed to lower rates.

86.   Earlier, Perry appealed to Russian lawmakers to approve the sweeping START II arms reduction treaty.

87.   Early this week, lawmakers approved the measure reducing the retirement age for mine workers.

88.   During an emergency Duma session to discuss NATO airstrikes on Saturday, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov pleaded with lawmakers to approve START II as soon as possible.

89.   Feeney sought a Bush slate approved by lawmakers in case the election results remained mired in court battles.

90.   Finnish lawmakers on Friday approved plans for the construction of a fifth nuclear reactor amid peaceful demonstrations with supporters and opponents of atomic power.