11.  He met with two senior officials at the White House last week to discuss goals of his new nonpartisan group, the Cuban-American National Alliance.

12.  It is a nonpartisan group that conducts research on a broad range of domestic and foreign policy topics.

13.  Last month, the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan group concerned with family issues, issued a study critical of the most commonly used textbooks.

14.  Russell said the coalition was pulling its application to be granted tax status given to nonpartisan groups, a category reserved for educating voters.

15.  That could cause political neglect of the needs of minority neighborhoods and communities, according to the Washington-based nonpartisan group, which advocates public financing of campaigns.

16.  The author of nine books, he also founded, with former U.S. secretary of state Cyrus Vance, the nonpartisan polling group Public Agenda.

17.  The Blue Dog plan won the endorsement Wednesday of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group dedicated to balancing the budget.

18.  The Center for Public Integrity is a nonpartisan group in Washington that studies the relationship between lobbyists and politicians.

19.  The coalition includes such nonpartisan groups as the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Spina Bifida Association.

20.  The event was attended by space industry officials and was held by the nonpartisan group Women in Aerospace.