1.  An amendment to give the federal government a stronger role in prosecuting crimes of bias deserves swift approval when it is taken up in the US Senate Tuesday.

2.  After an expected favorable vote by the full House this week, the hard work of three determined congressmen deserves approval by the Senate and the administration.

3.  But as a step against unfairness, its passage deserves prompt approval.

4.  It is the most important land conservation bill in many years, and deserves prompt approval on the House and Senate floors.

5.  It deserves approval.