1.   There, the first step was to abolish the agency, with the expectation that competitive Markets would then develop.

2.   Asked which Cabinet agencies they would abolish, Alexander, Forbes and Dole all mentioned the departments of Education, Energy and Commerce.

3.   Both Republican bills would abolish the agency.

4.   A federal advisory panel will issue a report later this month recommending that the agency be abolished and its duties given to other agencies.

5.   Abolishing the agency, Karpinski said, is not the best solution.

6.   But as president, he said, he would abolish the agency he once directed and try to convince localities to implement his ideas through presidential powers of persuasion.

7.   But the sponsors of the bill said that because of the failure of past INS restructuring plans, they believe the agency must be abolished.

8.   By the time Congress moved to abolish the agency, mostly vestigial powers remained.

9.   Chris Sale, an INS deputy commissioner, said abolishing the agency would reverse years of efforts to respond to criticism.

10.   Cuomo also faces challenges from lawmakers who would like to abolish the agency altogether.