41.   Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., chief sponsor of the bill, presented graphic charts to demonstrate the procedure.

42.   Representative Steve Largent, an Oklahoma Republican and chief sponsor of the bill, conceded that the measure probably would not pass in the Senate.

43.   Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chief sponsor of the Senate bill, said the measure simply rights a wrong.

44.   Rockefeller and Sen. Slade Gorton, a Washington state Republican, were chief sponsors of the bipartisan bill vetoed by Clinton last year.

45.   Rockefeller and Sen. Slade Gorton, a Washington state Republican, were chief sponsors of the measure vetoed by Clinton last year.

46.   Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the chief sponsor of the constitutional amendment, said Republican leaders had promised him a vote this year.

47.   Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican and chief sponsor of the immigration bill, announced last week he was dropping the provisions.

48.   Sen. John Ashcroft, a Missouri Republican, is a chief sponsor of the new product liability bill.

49.   Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the chief sponsor of the bill, agreed.

50.   Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the chief sponsor of the legislation, has been trying all year to tiptoe along a narrow bipartisan line.