1.   Other contract proposals are languishing in the Senate, and Clinton has either vetoed or threatened to veto the rest.

2.   Although Messier wanted to negotiate throughout the summer, the Rangers made no contract proposal until hours before the opening of camp.

3.   As a result, the House-passed contract proposals may represent the high-water mark of conservative action for now.

4.   As they usually do when voting on a contract proposal, union members are also taking a strike authorization vote.

5.   Bell Atlantic has made five contract proposals while talks continued amid union threats to strike.

6.   Both sides continued talking until late Monday night and were expected to reach agreement on a contract proposal by Tuesday morning.

7.   Both sides have exchanged contract proposals.

8.   A union spokeswoman said ASA management offered a revised contract proposal when mediators convened the two sides for the first time since pilots rejected a tentative agreement last winter.

9.   Brocail submitted a contract proposal to the team Thursday.

10.   But Mann of Brookings said the modifications to the contract proposals are not as important to the average citizen.