1.   Another administration initiative, the proposed expansion of NATO, was supposed to really get the emotions going in Washington this year.

2.   Auto industry officials had been fretting about both issues for months, and they have already begun lobbying Congress to block both administration initiatives.

3.   Bond credits Cisneros for combining Clinton administration initiatives with Republican proposals to shift control of public housing away from Washington.

4.   Gelman, while unhappy with the cost of his parking lot, already has benefited from another administration initiative.

5.   He blamed the Republican Congress for blocking administration initiatives to encourage energy conservation and domestic exploration.

6.   He credited Clinton administration initiatives.

7.   He rarely blames them for foiling administration initiatives, and he rarely tries to rally audiences to send local Democrats to Washington.

8.   Labor unions opposed NAFTA, a Clinton administration initiative, arguing that US workers would lose their jobs to lower-paid labor in Mexico.

9.   Many of the points were calls for protection of existing government programs and administration initiatives against cuts by the Republican Congress.

10.   Preservation groups and environmentalists are applauding the administration initiative.