1.   An aide to Hall, Michael Gessel, said the bill would extend to basic cable packages the same restriction on indecency that currently applies to broadcast television.

2.   Barr hopes the federal bill will extend the protections Floridians enjoy to the rest of the country.

3.   Both state bills would extend and broaden passenger-safety protections for children.

4.   Both the House and Senate Democratic bills would extend no legal protection to the tobacco industry.

5.   Both bills would extend a form of a tax on airline tickets.

6.   But Bruno has denied that, saying that he had concerns that the bill would extend unusually generous rent protections to tenants.

7.   But both bills would extend a series of expiring tax breaks, including incentives to turn chicken waste into energy and tax credits for electric vehicles.

8.   For the first time, the bill would extend the concept of attorney-client privilege to accountants and other tax professionals.

9.   McCain earlier had introduced a bill to impose a permanent ban on Internet sales taxes, but his new bill merely extends the moratorium.

10.   The anti-terror bill extends many of the rules applied in phone surveillance to electronic communications such as e-mail and possibly Web browsing.