1.   But should they prove correct, Congress can pass remedial legislation, after allowing for a full public debate.

2.   Consumer advocates called on Congress to hold new hearings and consider remedial legislation.

3.   On campaign financing, Republican leaders are torn between going forward with remedial legislation and preserving a system overwhelmingly beneficial to incumbents.

4.   Supporters of an overhaul of fund-raising laws were gathering more signatures Wednesday for a drive to bring remedial legislation to the House floor in defiance of the Republican leadership.

5.   Two New York Democrats, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, have now introduced remedial legislation.