1.   A compromise bill will likely trim the growth in payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.

2.   In essential outlines the compromise bill was similar to an earlier proposal devised in July by Republican senator John Danforth.

3.   Bush threatened to veto the compromise bill which seemed likely to emerge from these two versions of the unemployment legislation.

4.   And they passed a long-stalled compromise bill that would limit the amount plaintiffs can recover in some lawsuits stemming from defective products.

5.   And the compromise bill offers enough on trade and labor to lure a few more Democrats on board.

6.   Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn, the Queens Democrat who sponsored the mandatory-notification bill, angrily attacked the compromise bill.

7.   Bill Thomas, the Republican chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has, together with three Democrats, put together a compromise TPA bill.

8.   Both versions now go to a House-Senate conference committee that Pelosi hopes will produce a compromise bill that is less tough on San Francisco.

9.   A compromise parental notification bill for teens seeking abortions appears headed to the full Texas House after gaining approval Friday from a key committee.