21.   DuPont does not plan to change that rule, even if Congress passes a proposed bill to exempt materials suppliers from lawsuits, Schmucki said.

22.   Halsey of the Peconic Land Trust views the proposed bill as a good step, but one that does not go far enough.

23.   His panel would begin by using the proposed Contract bill and amending it to incorporate changes being negotiated with Republican governors.

24.   If experts are called to testify before a committee on a proposed bill, that testimony is available to lobbyists within days.

25.   Immediately after the Knesset stripped him of his immunity, a proposed bill received preliminary approval.

26.   If a proposed bill is approved, the schools could be required to provide electronic versions of homework and hand out lesson synopses instead of an entire book.

27.   If either proposed bill passes, California will be paving new legislative ground.

28.   If the proposed bill is signed into law, Wolfson said it bodes well for banking in California.

29.   In addition, the proposed bill would allow approval of medical devices on the basis of less rigorous research than is now required.

30.   Legislators in other states, including New York, have proposed bills to prevent drug companies from deducting the cost of advertising on their state tax returns.