1.   Clinton has urged bipartisan congressional passage of a major campaign finance bill co-sponsored by Sens.

2.   Amtrak made its approval of the contract conditional on several steps, including congressional passage of the bill that the Senate approved Friday on a voice vote.

3.   Any of the measures that wins final congressional passage still faces a presidential veto, as Clinton objects to numerous provisions in the bills.

4.   Bush also wanted to claim victory for the congressional passage of a budget plan with a tax cut only slightly smaller than the one he initially proposed.

5.   Bush also wanted to claim victory for the congressional passage of a budget plan with a tax cut not all that much smaller than the one he initially proposed.

6.   But his failure to recall that Carter worked very hard to create and win congressional passage of a broad-based energy package is troubling.

7.   Clinton is pushing for congressional passage of the so-called patient bill of rights and responsibilities, worked out by a presidential advisory panel completed work on in November.

8.   Congressional passage of the resolution is only the first step in what will likely be a months-long process.

9.   Congressional passage this year, however, is unlikelly.

10.   Dole, who helped shepherd the difficult bill to congressional passage, deserved as much credit for it as anyone.