11.   And while the governor could allow the bill to become law without his signature, he suggested Thursday that he would not choose that path.

12.   Approval is expected, and the bill will become law once it is published in the Gaceta Oficial, the official government bulletin.

13.   As governor, Bush allowed the Texas bill to become law without his signature.

14.   As soon as the bill became law, insurance companies would be required to guarantee that policies could be renewed.

15.   As a result, the spending bills have become magnets for the ideological and policy divisions that are always found in Congress.

16.   As time has passed, the bills have become smaller.

17.   As the telecommunications bill became law, Greene vacated the consent decree.

18.   At least one major employer, Kodak in Rochester, has said it will strongly consider self-insurance if the bill becomes law.

19.   Barring a major change of heart, there is almost no prospect that the bill can become law this year.

20.   Before flood assistance became available, however, the aid bill became a pawn in one of those power struggles that regularly preoccupy Washington, D.C., politicians.