The senators are considering a competing welfare bill.

So the senators are also considering a so-called middle-of-the-road approach.

But senators are considering new provisions they say would avoid gaps in oversight and regulation.

In any event, senators consider this their business, not that of the White House.

Republican senators are considering an alternative budget package that would include tax increases.

He said if it were not for the unresolved transportation bond issue, which many Republican senators consider essential, he would wrap up the session now.

Many senators from upstate and suburban areas consider the bond issue crucial.

"I lean with the President on our system of government," he declared, expressing a view that many modern senators consider old-fashioned.

However, Hatch demanded that Stewart be confirmed before senators could consider other judicial nominees.

The senators will consider restoring a provision of the old law that made carrying a concealed weapon a felony.