11.   Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi said lawmakers were discussing possible compromises that might placate opponents of the bill.

12.   Some Mississippi legislators are hoping this is the year lawmakers at least discuss removing the Confederate battle flag from the corner of the state flag.

13.   State lawmakers will not discuss their precise strategy for intervening in the Supreme Court case.

14.   Some lawmakers have discussed eliminating the elected board altogether.

15.   State lawmakers have discussed banning or restricting cigarette vending machines statewide but have taken no action, leaving such regulation to cities, Lopez said.

16.   The mere idea that lawmakers would be discussing cuts in funding for charter schools seems odd.

17.   While lawmakers discussed the bill for three hours last night, they approved only one package of changes.

18.   Wisconsin lawmakers discuss the prospects for peace in the Balkans.

19.   A power outage plunged both houses of parliament into darkness for a few minutes Wednesday as lawmakers discussed advances of Indian science and technology, a news agency reported.

20.   Education debate has stalled for weeks in the Senate as lawmakers discussed details of how test scores should be weighed.