81.   The worst part of the Gephardt plan is a bizarre idea to require a national referendum to raise rates, a recipe for budgetary paralysis.

82.   These include the possibility of a national referendum on term limits.

83.   There is no vehicle for a national referendum, although some states allow for statewide initiatives.

84.   This January, his coalition won a national referendum to abolish the assessment.

85.   Two weeks ago Netanyahu offered the idea of holding a national referendum on a withdrawal.

86.   When Oswaldo Paya proposed a national referendum on political change in Cuba, the communist government showed him how it responds to dissidents.

87.   When Pinochet finally agreed to submit his regime to a popular vote, Arriagada organized the coalition that campaigned successfully for his defeat in a national referendum.

88.   With the stakes so high, a national referendum would only shift the arena of special-interest money from Congress to the streets.

89.   Yesterday, Samper offered to hold a national referendum on his presidency.

90.   Opponents of EU membership had a solid lead in two opinion polls going into a national referendum that begins this weekend.