1.   Already, the contest between the two yards already sparked heated exchanges in a committee working on companion defense legislation.

2.   A House committee is considering companion legislation that does not significantly curtail the CRA.

3.   But companion legislation in the House offered by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., failed when the juvenile-justice bill was defeated.

4.   Companion legislation qualified for the ballot in Oregon and Idaho, but other measures to curb gay rights failed in Maine, Florida, Missouri, Nevada and Arizona.

5.   Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

6.   Earlier this month, companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives.

7.   He brought a bipartisan group of legislators to the White House to push the McCain-Feingold bill and its companion legislation in the House.

8.   McCurry said today the White House expects the Senate, when it takes up companion legislation, to remove many of the features Clinton opposes.

9.   Petrobras was stripped of its constitutional monopoly last year, and lawmakers are expected to review companion legislation this month.

10.   Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., is poised to introduce companion legislation in the Senate.