21.   No state currently bans the possession of a gun by those convicted of misdemeanor domestic-violence crimes.

22.   Nine states ban the use of embryos for research.

23.   Only four states have explicitly banned human cloning.

24.   On the table in Washington is legislation to allow states to ban same-sex marriages.

25.   Other states ban them or leave the decision to local communities.

26.   Richard Blumenthal told the Senate banking committee that banks are doing a flourishing ATM business in Connecticut, despite the fact that the state bans all ATM transaction fees.

27.   Several states have banned ephedrine-containing supplements.

28.   Several states have specifically banned their use with rape victims.

29.   Sen. Dianne Feinstein warns she will not support an immigration bill if it contains controversial provision allowing states to ban children of illegal immigrants from public education.

30.   Seventeen states enacted laws granting inmates access to post-conviction DNA testing, while another five states banned the execution of mentally retarded inmates.