41.   Gramm predicted the proposals would go nowhere.

42.   He said some proposals would go into the budget for the year beginning next October, and some might be needed earlier.

43.   His health care proposal has gone up in flames and left him branded as a big-government Democrat.

44.   His health care proposal has gone up in flames, leaving him branded as a big-government Democrat.

45.   His proposal goes further than a version passed by the House last year to prevent what critics say is widespread abuse of taxpayers by overzealous IRS agents.

46.   His dream is that the two neighborhoods could again become one, particularly if a proposal to replace the Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel goes forward.

47.   His proposal may go before state regents by June, long before voters decide the issue.

48.   If approved by the city administration, the proposal would then go to the state for a public hearing and an amendment.

49.   If it passes there, as one committee aide said is expected, the proposal would go to the House Appropriations Committee.

50.   If this proposal goes through, Suffolk will have noth- ing more to complain about.