1.   Phil Gallie, Tory MP for Ayr, who was sponsoring the bill, said that he was happy to accept harsher penalties.

2.   An Arlington state representative is sponsoring a bill to ban the sale of mercury thermometers in Massachusetts.

3.   And Bob Graham, the Democratic senator from Florida, can hardly be blamed for helping Gore by sponsoring a bill to grant Elian permanent U.S. residency status.

4.   Armbrister is expected to sponsor the bill if it makes it to the Senate.

5.   As a member of the New York State Assembly, George Friedman sponsored a bill this summer creating a new state Supreme Court judgeship in the Bronx.

6.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of Manhattan agreed to sponsor the bill, and until recently it seemed that both houses were ready to pass it.

7.   Assemblyman Keith Olberg, a Republican who sponsored the bill, faced a difficult fight in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

8.   Balboni, the Long Island Republican who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said he still hopes to reach a compromise with the Republican governor.

9.   Bills have been sponsored in both houses of Congress to establish a commission that would study the impact of gambling.

10.   Believe it or not, the bill is sponsored by the Mass Medical Society, probably the richest and most powerful lobbyist in the state.