mr. speaker , reclaiming my time , i thank the gentleman for that information .  lastly , there are two pieces of legislation , major pieces of legislation that the gentleman did not mention but have been talked about , and that is , of course , the social security legislation and the campaign finance legislation , one or the other bill , or both .  can the gentleman give me his thoughts on where they stand and when they might come on the agenda if , in fact , they will be coming on the agenda ?  