1.  As a final insult, the GOP slipped in new restrictions on issuing federal environmental and safety regulations that could not pass by ordinary legislative means.

2.  House majority whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has sworn repeatedly to use every legislative means available to halt the bill.

3.  It requires both a compelling governmental interest and legislative means narrowly tailored to serve that interest.

4.  Passage of the far-reaching campaign finance legislation was assured as opponents exhausted their last legislative means to stop it -- losing the cloture vote.

5.  Rep. Thomas Tancredo, R-Colo., chair of the House immigration reform caucus, challenged suggestions that illegal Mexican immigrants could gain legal status by legislative means.

6.  Passage of far-reaching U.S. political campaign finance legislation was assured Wednesday as opponents exhausted their last legislative means to stop it.