11.   Hollings has sponsored two measures that would block the deal.

12.   In response to this ruling, several members of Congress have sponsored measures to allow a full home-office deduction.

13.   Kennedy is joined in sponsoring the measure by senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye.

14.   Leslie said he was sponsoring the measure to allow the lions to be controlled to ensure public safety.

15.   Lieberman has sponsored several measures that would have set up experimental programs allowing parents to use government education dollars to send their kids to private schools.

16.   Nine council members sponsored the measure.

17.   On Tuesday night, Torricelli also met for more than an hour with Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican who is sponsoring the measure.

18.   One measure sponsored by Rep. Asa Hutchinson, an Arkansas Republican, would ban soft money donations to the national political parties but not to the state parties.

19.   Reps. Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Ronald Dellums, a California Democrat, sponsored the measure.

20.   Republican Sen. John Chafee of Rhode Island sponsored the measure, which had bipartisan support.