31.   Repeated efforts to enact hate crime legislation have foundered on the inclusion of protections for homosexuals.

32.   Republican House leaders have said they have no plans to schedule a vote this year on hate crimes legislation.

33.   Republicans were not against crime legislation.

34.   Saying those who commit crimes based on hatred should be punished, U.S. Reps. Bill McCollum and Mark Foley announced plans Tuesday to push new federal hate crime legislation.

35.   Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R, has repeatedly opposed hate crime legislation, expressing concern over targeting the motive behind a crime rather than the offense.

36.   Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., said the Senate should spend its time on anti-terrorism measures instead of hate crime legislation.

37.   She also expressed support for hate crimes legislation and a gun control measure that would limit access to convicted batterers, encouraging women to lobby their legislators.

38.   Ten states, largely in the South and Southwest, do not have any hate crime legislation at all.

39.   That organization should not be dominating decisions on crime legislation.

40.   That crime legislation requires tribal governments to approve legislation supporting capital punishment before prosecutors can seek the death penalty for offenses committed on tribal lands.