Mr. Lieberman, a Democrat who is now running as an independent, opposes setting a deadline.

McLaughlin ran on an economic and socially conservative platform, and opposed setting timetables for withdrawal from Iraq.

The Senate Republicans and House bipartisan group oppose setting a Federal cap on insurance premiums.

Yet he continues to strongly oppose setting a timetable for withdrawal, echoing the position of the White House.

New York, which initiated the regional plan, and New Jersey oppose setting caps on prices for pollution allowances.

Most network executives, and at least two F.C.C. commissioners, oppose setting a specific quota for such programming.

The Prime Minister has already said he opposes setting targets for imports into Japan because it goes against the principles of free trade.

The only way to reach a solution in Tokyo is to oppose setting the same percentage reduction for all industrialized nations.

Although he opposes setting specific limits for each contaminant, the Federal Government should establish goals that, in effect, state "how clean is clean," he said.

During the Iraq War, he opposed setting a public withdrawal date from Iraq.