1.   Therefore, the bill placed the burden of proof upon employers, who could be required to show that their hiring procedures were rooted in business necessity.

2.   Also in step with the House GOP plan, the bill places oversight authority of the security screeners with the Department of Transportation.

3.   As it stands now, the bill places the same restrictions on unions and corporations.

4.   Berman said that the bill would place sporting officials in the same category as public servants.

5.   Both bills place a spending ceiling on crop subsidies for the first time since the New Deal.

6.   Although a few legislators expressed concern about the cost the bill could place on their local law enforcement, the bill easily passed on a voice vote.

7.   But in the case of Cuba, the bill would place severe restrictions on financing, prohibiting both U.S. banks and the government from extending credit or loans.

8.   Democratic opponents said the bill would place too much emphasis on criminal penalties, and not enough on crime prevention.

9.   Ramona Corrales, director of an immigrant social-service center in Arizona, said she worried that the bill would place too heavy a burden on sponsors.

10.   Senate aides say that the bill may also place limits on certain forms of executive compensation and insurance coverage.