31.   A spokeswoman for the governor would say only that Perry plans to announce his intentions regarding the hate crime legislation this afternoon.

32.   Abandoning their longstanding opposition to so-called hate crimes legislation, Senate Republicans allowed the chamber to vote on a measure proposed by fellow Republican Gov. George Pataki.

33.   After a heated debate Monday, Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to force the hate crimes legislation passed by the Assembly onto the floor of the Senate.

34.   And on behalf of the families of people like James Byrd and Matthew Shepard, I pledge to keep fighting for hate crimes legislation this year.

35.   Clinton vetoed the spending bill, in part because the hate crimes legislation was missing, and has demanded that Congress restore it.

36.   Democrats support broad hate crimes legislation, while the Republican leadership in Congress opposes it, he said.

37.   He also promised to work for hate crimes legislation and increased federal efforts to end racial profiling by law enforcement.

38.   Jackson criticized Bush for ignoring the Byrd funeral and not supporting hate crime legislation.

39.   Mrs. Byrdsong said passage of the hate crimes legislation would send a powerful message to bigots that their hatred will not be allowed to become commonplace.

40.   On domestic policy, Gore said he supported hate crimes legislation.