1.   Although the deal still needs the approval of the full panel of lawmakers now rewriting the bill, it is expected to help revitalize stalled negotiations over the legislation.

2.   But a state House select committee rewrote the bill, and Bush has endorsed the new plan.

3.   He urged rewriting the bill to require the government to sell the new broadcast spectrum instead.

4.   No matter what passed in the House and the Senate, we feared that the bill would be rewritten in conference.

5.   The House will likely rewrite the bill, while the Senate is viewing the legislation more favorably.

6.   The money saved by rewriting the bill as he suggested should go to pay more of the national debt and for public services, he said.

7.   Ultimate fighting promoters, using a well-known Albany lobbyist to press their case, succeeded in having that bill rewritten so that it actually legalized the competition.

8.   Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, tried unsuccessfully to get the House to order the bill rewritten.

9.   The bills were rewritten twice in the past year before finally gaining committee approval.