1.   Although he supports the bill, Tauzin helped fashion the compromise on its most controversial provisions.

2.   Although the language of the monumental California Desert Protection Act remains intact, the money to carry out its most controversial provision is gone.

3.   Among the most controversial provisions is the GOP plan to change the structure of welfare programs from entitlements to block grants.

4.   Armey continued to insist that the final bill will contain a controversial provision allowing states to deny free education to children living illegally in the United States.

5.   A controversial provision that orders the military services to discharge any member of the military found to carry the AIDS virus remained in the bill despite White House opposition.

6.   A more controversial provision would allow medical device makers to win approval for some products based on studies by independent testing firms, rather than by the FDA itself.

7.   A more controversial provision allows people to sue their HMOs for personal injury.

8.   But critics said the amendments were negligible, failing to address the more controversial provisions of the legislation.

9.   But the future of the measure was in doubt because it was attached to a spending bill that includes a controversial provision regarding the Federal Election Commission.

10.   But the leaders also decided to strip the bill of a controversial provision that would have allowed banks to merge with insurance companies.