11.   Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., was substituted smoothly overnight for Packwood as floor manager of the controversial bill.

12.   Such furtive steps on controversial bills are a time-honored custom in Albany, where legislative leaders often use the hectic end of a session to shroud some work.

13.   The conference committee, faced with large differences between the bills and a presidential veto threat, negotiated down to the wire on the controversial spending bill.

14.   The controversial bill passed the House last week and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.

15.   The House Agriculture Committee begins markup on the controversial bill this afternoon.

16.   This year, Burns sponsored a controversial bill that would have tightened the definition of child abuse.

17.   President Ion Iliescu signed a controversial bill into law Friday that returns property nationalized by the Communists to its former owners but severely restricts how much Romanians can reclaim.

18.   A controversial bill that would allow Puerto Rico to choose its future relationship with the United States is sure to respark debate on the issue in other U.S. territories.

19.   A Puerto Rican legislator rescinded Wednesday a controversial bill that would require mandatory AIDS testing for residents showing signs of the deadly disease.