41.   Educators have been leery in the past, said Missouri Rep. Craig Hosmer, a Springfield Democrat who sponsored the bill to split the money.

42.   Even congressmen got into the act, sponsoring bills to encourage the use of the equipment.

43.   Federal and salaried employees have benefited from such flexible scheduling for decades, said Ashcroft, who is sponsoring the bill with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas.

44.   Even the Arizona Legislature has gotten involved, sponsoring three bills during the past six years to curtail or eliminate photo radar.

45.   Fearing that Bronco would use grapes grown outside the Napa Valley for Napa Ridge wines, the Napa Valley Vintners Association leaped into action and sponsored the bill.

46.   For most of last week, Charles Fuschillo Jr., the Long Island Republican who sponsored the bill, waxed optimistic about its chances.

47.   For that reason, Reed sponsored a bill this session that would allow Liberians to also become US residents.

48.   Frankel sponsored the bill.

49.   Goodling, who had sponsored a bill opposing national testing, said he had been promised that he would have the final say on the national testing provision.

50.   Groscost has said he no longer has any connection with the industry, and sponsored the bill because of a commitment to clean air.