11.   Legislators began introducing bills for the new session Monday.

12.   Tens of thousands of demonstrators surrounded the Ecuadorean congress Wednesday, demanding that legislators begin impeachment proceedings.

13.   That case may come up when legislators begin statewide hearings on the forfeit mess Tuesday.

14.   The demonstrators left, however, hours before legislators began actually voting.

15.   The latter element was part of an amendment inserted at the request of the Russian general staff as legislators began to debate the issue earlier this month.

16.   The legislators can begin by ridding the bill of provisions that have little or no chance of reviving the economy any time soon.

17.   But almost immediately, legislators began to quarrel over a separate ruling party proposal to use government loans to strengthen weakened banks that had not failed.

18.   It would only come into effect when approved by the President after which the local legislator can begin the process of selecting a new governor.

19.   Legislators began considering tighter safety regulations Wednesday as workers searched around the clock for bodies in the rubble of a ritzy department store.

20.   Legislators began formulating their own plan Wednesday, and voted Thursday on a reform package that included demands for presidential and parliamentary elections by early next year.