1.   At the time, conservative Republicans tried to attach unrelated abortion language to the bill.

2.   But abortion-rights elements of the party hinted they may still try to amend or delete the abortion language.

3.   But to accommodate social conservatives who objected to that position, Gramm signed a pledge in May promising to fight for the existing abortion language.

4.   Clinton has threatened to veto the foreign aid bill because of the abortion language.

5.   For example, Gramm had initially said he would leave any decision about the abortion platform language to delegates at the Republican convention.

6.   Five percent of the delegates said they would not support Dole if they disagreed with the abortion language in the platform.

7.   If he persists, when it comes time to reconcile House and Senate versions, Speaker Dennis Hastert must choose conferees who will eliminate the abortion language.

8.   The Senate Budget Committee had stripped the abortion language from the Treasury and Postal Services bill before sending it to the floor.

9.   The White House has strongly suggested that President Bush will sign the bill, with or without the abortion language.

10.   At the U.N. population conference in Cairo last September, the Vatican campaigned aggressively to keep liberalizing abortion language out of the final document.