91.   Reaction from groups that have been active in support of the amendment and similar proposals was as sharp as the reaction on the gay rights side was exultant.

92.   Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., has made similar proposals.

93.   Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee have set aside similar proposals.

94.   Rockefeller Center Properties Inc. officials said they may propose the amendment again, or make a similar proposal, perhaps at a special shareholder meeting.

95.   Shareholders criticized a similar proposal earlier this year.

96.   Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is expected to offer a similar proposal when the Senate takes up the defense spending bill later this summer.

97.   Senate Republicans offered a similar proposal Friday and said it would be approved next week by the Senate Finance Committee.

98.   Similar proposals are gaining strength south of the border.

99.   Similar proposals are under consideration in Congress.

100.   Similar proposals have failed repeatedly.