So that left Mr. Bush to choose between battling business constituencies, a position no president, especially a pro-business Republican, wants to find himself in.

I am a lawyer, a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and a conservative, pro-business Republican.

There is no reason why social conservatives should not make themselves felt on economics, or have economic interests quite different from more affluent, pro-business Republicans, he suggests.

Each of the commission's three members is a political appointee of former Gov. William Clements Jr., a pro-business Republican who was once an oil industry executive.

Gov. Cecil H. Underwood, a pro-business Republican who is facing re-election next year, is expected to sign the bill soon.

Many pro-business Republicans see the estate tax and capital gains proposals as more important.

Hill, a pro-business Republican, made his mark representing steel companies in labor disputes during the 1930s.

The pro-business Republicans - the majority in the Senate and minority in the Assembly - have long been protectors of the commercial insurance industry, which was pitted against Empire in the community-rating debate.

It is shattering historic alliances, turning doctors against doctors, doctors against business and business against otherwise pro-business Republicans.

Civil libertarians and the computer industry recruited pro-business Republicans and anti-government conservatives on Capitol Hill (as well as some liberal Democrats).