31.   Forty-five states passed or amended legislation to send not only violent young offenders, but also teen-agers convicted of burglary and drug offenses, into the adult system.

32.   Forty-one states have passed restrictions on post-viability abortions, and Daschle said his bill would not take precedence over those laws.

33.   Four years ago, the state passed legislation legitimizing their role, and there are now dozens of facilitators working in the state.

34.   Friday in California, where baseball has five teams and many jobs in jeopardy, the state Legislature passed a resolution urging Congress to help end the strike.

35.   Forty-nine states have passed resolutions urging Congress to pass the amendment.

36.   Fourteen other states have passed legislation to ban the procedure.

37.   Fourteen states have already passed laws that allow the imposition of these access fees, overriding the bans on such fees that Visa and other networks had previously imposed.

38.   Generally, states pass higher minimums citing higher costs of living.

39.   Given the record so far, it seems unlikely that any sponsoring state would willingly pass along nuclear know-how or nuclear weapons.

40.   He noted that the state had passed similar laws for insurance company premiums and mutual funds.