1.   After seven years of debate, Congress finally enacted a ban on soft money earlier this year.

2.   But in Congress, where lawmakers will challenge Bush if he enacts a ban, some fervently antiabortion legislators have publicly thrown their support to embryonic stem cell work.

3.   But without them there would be no chance of enacting a ban on the much larger and more corrupting donations at the center of the scandals of recent years.

4.   Congress enacted the ban out of concern that television and radio were particularly powerful media by which tobacco companies could recruit new smokers, especially children.

5.   Congress enacted a ban on most gifts from lobbyists and imposed stricter rules requiring registration and public disclosure for lobbyists.

6.   Congress also enacted a ban on most gifts to its members and carried out a thorough overhaul of lobbying regulations.

7.   Even if a ban is enacted, the key question is whether it will be enforced.

8.   For years, Congress has had the votes to enact a ban on so-called partial birth abortions, a controversial type of late-term abortion.

9.   If the ban is enacted, cattle ranchers and sheep producers could have to increase their purchases of soybean meal.

10.   In a renewed effort to enact the ban, the House passed it again this year by a veto-proof majority.