1.   But Gov. Gray Davis dashed those hopes Saturday by signing legislation backed by Democrats, including those from the Valley, protecting MTA unions.

2.   But Gov. Gray Davis dashed those hopes Saturday by signing legislation backed by Democrats, including those from the Valley, protecting Metropolitan Transportation Authority unions.

3.   Chapman, a retiring lawmaker who often differed with Clinton, said the president scored points by signing legislation to ban homosexual marriages and overhaul welfare.

4.   Clinton said he erred last summer in signing legislation that exempted certain sales of old-growth timber from environmental laws.

5.   He said the governor also has helped by signing legislation requiring water and sewer connections.

6.   Later in the day, House Speaker Dennis Hastert invited photographers into his office to take pictures of him signing legislation.

7.   Yet he made the goal of signing legislation to balance the budget and cut taxes the top goal of his second administration.

8.   Robinson asked Bush to make his views known to governors considering signing legislation to ban the practice.

9.   Robinson said she had asked Bush to make his views known to courts considering such cases and to governors considering signing legislation to ban the practice.