11.   Business backs the legislation as a way to increase trade and jack up profits.

12.   Business groups have fervently backed the legislation, saying many federal regulations cost far more than they are worth.

13.   But a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday decided to back legislation putting a temporary storage site in Nevada.

14.   But he also backs the legislation.

15.   But she also was among the key swing Democratic votes backing GOP legislation that would eliminate the estate tax and the so-called marriage penalty in the income tax.

16.   Clinton is also backing legislation that among other things would allow government prosecutors to use evidence in deportation proceedings without revealing their sources.

17.   Charles Carrier, a spokesman for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, declined to say whether the Assembly majority would back the legislation.

18.   Despite the move, consumer groups refused to back the legislation.

19.   Dole appeared to take a misstep when he tried to accommodate lobbyists who backed sweeping legislation on product liability lawsuits.

20.   For example, he supported a property rights bill, yet has backed environmental legislation.