On the other side of the issue, groups that say the overhaul bill imperils the right to use commercials to advocate their causes are fighting hard to kill the measure.

Speaker Newt Gingrich tried to dispense with the matter in March under rules that never allowed the main, bipartisan overhaul bill to the floor.

HOW Mr. Oxley came to help write an overhaul bill that he had initially opposed is a familiar story to Washington watchers.

The overhaul bill would eliminate restrictions that prevent banks, insurance companies and investment banks from engaging in each other's businesses.

Their overhaul bill would impose a contingency budget should the state's leaders fail to meet the deadline, which would become May 1, for passing the annual spending plan.

In the Senate, Republicans offered to allow further debate early next year but ruled out reconsidering the bipartisan overhaul bill that died on the floor earlier this year.

The group is lobbying for a postal overhaul bill.

But the main cause of the nation's tax phobia is the complicated system of tax exemptions that was created by Congress and that the overhaul bills do little to address.

Although the agency's proposal differs with some elements of the overhaul bills in Congress, a compromise measure is expected to pass after failing last year.

They launched a petition drive to force Republican leaders in the House to allow, in the next few months, a vote on an overhaul bill.