41.   A couple of Republican staffers were going over a piece of proposed legislation.

42.   A House subcommittee has overwhelmingly endorsed proposed legislation requiring automakers to increase car-truck fuel efficiency.

43.   A spokesperson for the Federal Highway Administration said the department had no comment on the proposed legislation.

44.   A spokeswoman for Vice President Albert Gore declined to comment on the proposed legislation.

45.   After delivering a prepared statement about his proposed legislation to stop what he called deceptive advertising on credit card interest rates, Kennedy answered one question about that topic.

46.   After his proposed legislation went nowhere last summer, Wilson came up with changes in administrative rules.

47.   AIDS activists demonstrated outside an American Medical Association meeting Saturday to protest policies and proposed legislation they say verge on quarantining people with AIDS.

48.   Also, the proposed legislation calls for two doctors to concur, prescribes an enforced waiting period and ensures that family members are informed.

49.   Bruno has proposed legislation that would phase out most rent protections in two years, but many Democrats say that proposal would have trouble passing in the Senate.

50.   Both privacy groups and industry executives say the proposed legislation would strip away congressionally mandated public oversight.