1.   At the same time, the House is expected to pass a companion measure to crack down on China.

2.   Because tax bills originate in Ways and Means, the Senate does not need to have a companion measure.

3.   A companion measure, sponsored by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis., passed in the Senate last April.

4.   A companion measure has already been introduced in the Senate.

5.   A Senate committee ran out of time Tuesday before debating a companion measure, but no opposition is expected.

6.   But the Senate, which had seen a companion measure filibustered to death earlier in the year, had no appetite for another go-round.

7.   But the vote could be slowed by a controversial companion measure by Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and Robert Torricelli, D-N.J.

8.   No Republicans have endorsed the FTC regulation proposal and no companion measure has been announced in the House.

9.   One companion measure that did not pass was a Republican-backed bill that would have cut back on prenatal care for illegal immigrant women.

10.   Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., Thursday introduced a companion measure in the House.