But the agreement includes procedures that would strip the evidence of the most sensitive details that lawmakers have worried could be used to plan more attacks.

At home, lawmakers worry that rapid globalization is responsible for the loss of some of their constituents' jobs.

Because participation would be optional, lawmakers worry that many people will simply decline to sign up for new drug benefits if they think the premiums are too high.

From the outset, however, lawmakers have worried that the loss of tax revenue will force cuts in state aid to school districts, municipalities, universities and transportation.

Some lawmakers worried about imagined dangers to police, jurors, complaining witnesses and families; others acted out of personal pique at the pesky media.

At the time, many lawmakers worried that the original cost estimate - $400 billion from 2004 to 2013 - might be low.

Privately, some Democratic lawmakers worry that the investigations may hurt their prospects this fall if they produce more damaging revelations in the coming months.

Some antitobacco lawmakers worried that any deal the cigarette companies signed must be a loaded one.

Even before ground was broken, lawmakers worried about the disruption the project would cause before its scheduled completion in 2005.

Some lawmakers worried that candidates who participate in the public financing system will spend state money on negative advertising or to hire friends and family.