1.   As a result, Gtech often helped craft lottery legislation and recommend lottery staff, said Leslie Hunter, a former company sales official.

2.   Backers of the study commission plan to press for it when House and Senate negotiators meet this fall to craft compromise legislation on the courts spending bill.

3.   A Senate panel is preparing to craft such legislation this week, but a battle is brewing over which types of mental illnesses should be covered.

4.   A spokesman for the new industry umbrella group, the World Diamond Council, shot back that its overtures to craft compromise legislation with Hall were rebuffed.

5.   By allowing a president to slash specific items, the line-item veto would disrupting the delicate balance that lawmakers often strike when crafting legislation.

6.   Deep philosophical differences over how to craft the legislation combined with ongoing political gamesmanship hinder passage of one of the most popular initiatives in years.

7.   Dewey contacted every major legislator he knew, federal and local, in the hopes that legislation could be crafted to protect the company.

8.   Daschle said Democrats have not yet crafted specific legislation because they are still meeting with President Bush.

9.   Dole acknowledged that as a former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, he was responsible for crafting legislation that raised taxes on some by closing loopholes.

10.   Even as Gingrich indicated mayors could participate in the shaping of a trimmed-down bill, a House subcommittee was meeting to craft the legislation.