11.   Both have called for vacancy decontrol, mandatory escrow payments during housing disputes and tougher penalties against landlords who harass tenants.

12.   Both the House and Senate versions include tougher penalties for gun crimes as well.

13.   A federal appeals court in Atlanta is considering a separate challenge that cites discrimination in arguing for an end to sentencing guidelines that require tougher penalties for crack.

14.   A fourth crime-related bill that the House considered Tuesday would provide tougher penalties for jury or witness tampering and for retaliation against trial witnesses.

15.   A majority of intellectual property cases in China now are between domestic companies, and a growing number of Chinese companies are arguing for tougher penalties against offenders.

16.   After that meeting, Bush reaffirmed his opposition to gay marriages and to tougher penalties for crimes motivated by hate of homosexuals.

17.   Bruno and Pataki could have berated Silver for resisting tougher penalties for sex crimes.

18.   But he said that it should be coupled with tougher penalties for people who are repeatedly arrested for drunken driving, adding that repeat offenders cause most fatal crashes.

19.   But the tougher penalties have been defeated twice in the lower house of parliament, where deputies argue that they would promote adultery and harm public morality.

20.   But tougher penalties might not be too far away.