41.   Four years later, he said, he sponsored legislation in the Missouri General Assembly that became law that banned discrimination in public facilities.

42.   Four senators are sponsoring similar legislation.

43.   Gormley sponsored legislation, passed last year, that loosened casino regulations and helped attract Wynn back to the city.

44.   Gore is credited by the technological cognoscenti for having sponsored legislation that helped launch the expansion of the fledgling Internet to ever-wider uses.

45.   He also reminds constituents that while a state senator in Jackson, he sponsored the legislation that brought a chain of towering and prosperous casinos to Biloxi and Gulfport.

46.   He also sponsored legislation that increased life insurance and pensions for veterans.

47.   Graham sponsored the legislation in the House.

48.   He credits Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat who sponsored the legislation, for the inclusion of historic preservation in the bill.

49.   He also said he will sponsor legislation requiring Republicans to tell the public what programs they would cut to balance the budget under a proposed constitutional amendment.

50.   He has sponsored legislation to provide federal aid to combat high school dropout rates, a critical problem among Hispanics.