11.   Banks are already subject to a similar bill, known as the Community Reinvestment Act.

12.   Bills that set up the agency, known as Asbestos Resolution Corp., enjoy broad bipartisan support in similar bills introduced in the House and Senate.

13.   Both chambers had already passed a similar bill.

14.   A bill passed recently by the House of Representatives, and a similar bill pending in the Senate, would lift that prohibition.

15.   A bill similar to the Kansas measure has been introduced in the Missouri House but is still in committee.

16.   A similar bill also was initially approved by wide margins in the House.

17.   A similar bill awaits floor action in the Senate.

18.   A similar bill failed in the chamber last year.

19.   A similar bill has been introduced in the House by a group of Republican representatives led by U.S. Rep. James A. Leach, R-Iowa.

20.   A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate by Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Christopher Bond, R-Mo.