11.   The Republican governor, Arne Carlson, has promised to veto the bill.

12.   Two previous bills had been vetoed by President Bush.

13.   The White House says the president would veto the bill.

14.   The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.

15.   Although the partial birth bill was vetoed by President Clinton, Congress, buttressed by the AMA position, came within three votes of overriding the veto.

16.   Although Clinton earlier vetoed a bill to create school vouchers in the District of Columbia, he has not ruled out the concept.

17.   Although President Clinton has promised to veto the bill, environmentalists are worried that the drilling provision will survive in later negotiations between Clinton and Congress.

18.   An occasional hunter who owns rifles but not handguns, Graves hints strongly that he will veto the bill.

19.   And Clinton had said he would veto the bill if it contained the exemptions.