1.   At the same time, Brazilian opposition lawmakers say they have enough votes to force a formal probe into whether five legislators took bribes to vote for the amendment.

2.   California legislators just took a big step toward reform, while education attorneys in North Carolina are just beginning their own battle.

3.   Faced with proposed changes to their job protection plan, legislators quickly took on self-protective tones.

4.   Forty percent of those polled on the anti-abortion reform said they thought that legislators should take into account the opinion of women who became pregnant after being raped.

5.   In most years, the legislators take away at least as much as they give in tax relief.

6.   It is too soon to tell what path legislators will take on auto insurance.

7.   Legislators have taken the issue quite personally.

8.   Legislators took note.

9.   Legislators will take the first week of April off for their annual Easter and Passover break.

10.   On Tuesday, the new legislators took their oaths of office in a festive ceremony marked by dueling chants.