1.   During the Hayes administration, southerners had failed in their attempt to accomplish repeal by adding riders to appropriation bills.

2.   Mr Clinton has signed appropriations bills funding seven cabinet agencies.

3.   The politics of the issue have become deeply entwined in the process of wrapping up annual appropriations bills.

4.   The abortion counselling clause was included in an appropriations bill for labour, health and human services.

5.   Although some pieces of legislation were passed in its final days, including numerous appropriations bills, several measures were killed by Republican filibustering.

6.   Although a voice vote in the House would have blocked the subsidies, the issue is back in the military appropriations bill, which is in a conference committee.

7.   Although the provision has been passed by Congress and Clinton signed the defense appropriations bill Wednesday, he has until Tuesday to exercise his line-item veto power.

8.   An amendment to the defense appropriations bill that will face House and Senate conferees as Congress comes back would close this training loophole.

9.   An appropriations bill moves relatively quickly.