1.   A bolder Republican, Rep. Rick Lazio of Long Island, decried the system but said it is too late to change the rules for this year.

2.   But while many decry a system that allows higher-scoring candidates to be bypassed in favor of group preferences, others say the tests are biased against minorities.

3.   She decries a system that encourages single supplements.

4.   The assessment system has been decried by everyone from the county business community to the Justice Department, which says it discriminates against minority neighborhoods.

5.   The debate began Monday with a flurry of speeches by Republicans, who decried a system that they said has failed to lift people out of poverty.