31.   But Sen. Dale M. Volker, the Erie County Republican who sponsors the bill, opposes that measure.

32.   But, surprisingly, the bill was also sponsored by Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., who has an anti-gay voting record.

33.   California Assembly Member Rod Pacheco, who sponsored the bill, originally considered weight limits for textbooks themselves, but that idea was dropped after lobbying by publishers.

34.   Campaign reform bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, with the backing of House Speaker Pete Laney died again last session.

35.   Cheuvront, who is sponsoring a bill to end the subsidies, said the lower assessment rate applied to golf courses shifts the tax burden to other property owners.

36.   Conservative Sen. David Petersen, R-Mesa, sponsored the bill, which also was on legislative agendas this spring in nearly a dozen other states.

37.   Cummisky, a Democrat, and Sen. Scott Bundgaard, a Republican, sponsored the bill.

38.   Dave Lackey, a spokesman for Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican who sponsored the bill, said the measure has not been scheduled for a hearing.

39.   DiBrienza recently sponsored a bill putting restrictions on the operation of city homeless shelters.

40.   Divisions and bitterness in the party now run so deep that Major is hard put to sponsor any bill with even a hint of discord to it.