111.   Similar proposals by the mayor and the Council have foundered in the Legislature in recent years.

112.   Similar proposals have died in committee in past sessions, some not even getting a committee hearing.

113.   Similar proposals in the past have been broader.

114.   Similar proposals should be pressed abroad.

115.   Six similar Democratic proposals also failed.

116.   Some form of the bill will likely become law, because the Clinton administration is pushing a similar proposal.

117.   Stewart said that similar proposals had been made before but had been ignored.

118.   Supporters of the House bill and similar proposals from Senate Republicans said helping employers will keep people working.

119.   Telephone officials and state regulators contend federal officials already have rejected similar proposals from other states, ruling it would put the new technologies at a competitive disadvantage.

120.   That bill has not been heard yet in committee, but a similar proposal failed last year.