1.   And Congress is debating legislation that would give doctors broader ability to prescribe painkilling narcotics.

2.   But Dole has not indicated whether he will support Mrs. Kassebaum and Kennedy in their effort to fend off all amendments when the Senate debates the legislation next month.

3.   But while that proposal has since collapsed, Congress is debating legislation modeled on it, and some bills include protections from such lawsuits.

4.   By day, lawmakers spent most of this week debating legislation that would have significantly curbed campaign spending.

5.   Congress and the administration hastily drew up and debated legislation to keep the airlines solvent.

6.   Congress should be ashamed if legislation so fair, so benign and so long overdue cannot even be debated.

7.   Ellis indicated Monday that he was still twisting arms in the Senate, which requires a two-thirds vote of senators present to debate any legislation.

8.   Even though Congress has been debating HMO legislation, Davis insisted that his main issue is education, which polls show to be a top concern of voters.

9.   Goodling was on the House floor debating legislation Thursday and was unavailable for comment.

10.   In addition, the House was debating legislation that would assure benefit checks would go out on time to millions of veterans.