11.   And as legislative sessions begin around the country, familiar issues are expected to dominate.

12.   And conference committees are generally not formed until the final hectic days of the legislative session, when bills often are hard to track.

13.   And he ought to support my calls for banning contributions from federal lobbyists to members of the legislature during legislative sessions.

14.   And more states are expected to take up the issue in the coming legislative session.

15.   And the co-ops are in a position to negotiate, as they showed in the last legislative session.

16.   And the fact that the Senate and the House are moving so early in the legislative session suggests that compromises on the remaining disagreements can be reached in Congress.

17.   And with time running out in this legislative session, Clinton has threatened to veto the tax measure saying that too many of its provisions benefit the wealthy.

18.   And, Cole said, the governor is considering a special legislative session and administrative actions to deal with the problem, although he declined to be specific.

19.   Another Allen bill that would have cut diesel emissions died early in the legislative session.

20.   Any bills left unapproved by a Senate committee after today are effectively dead this legislative session.