1.   If California lawmakers cannot reach an agreement this month, they can return to the issue next January, when a new legislature convenes.

2.   Legislators said they expect a long fight over the fate of the dividend when the state legislature convenes in January.

3.   Last Thursday, the legislature convened its first budget conference committee ever.

4.   The objective has been such a given in Scottish politics that the building where the new legislature will convene has been known for years as New Parliament Building.

5.   When the legislature convenes Wednesday, Rowland says the focus will not be on whether to cut taxes but on which taxes to cut.

6.   Florida legislature convenes.

7.   He said he would file a bill when the legislature convenes in January authorizing a task force to lobby in Washington.

8.   If the legislature convenes, the minority could not prevent a Republican-engineered vote for a slate of electors pledged to GOP nominee George W. Bush.

9.   Leaders of dozens of parties and factions gathered in the capital Monday for closed-door lobbying before the legislature convenes on Thursday.

10.   The government backtracked once the result was in and never allowed the legislature to convene.