61.   The Senate will hold a hearing Thursday on the Senate companion bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Larry Craig.

62.   The Senate, in a companion bill approved Tuesday, included no new money for the plane.

63.   There is not yet a sponsor for a companion bill in the state Senate, but supporters expect to obtain one in the coming week.

64.   This measure and a companion bill Senate appropriators will craft later this summer are critical for the Pentagon.

65.   A companion bill has passed the Senate and is pending in a House committee.

66.   A companion bill in the House is sponsored by Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill.

67.   A companion bill in the U.S. Senate would outlaw Internet gambling altogether, regardless of whether a state wants to make exceptions.

68.   A companion bill is working its way through the House.

69.   A handful of senators, meanwhile, came out against the House resolution and its companion bill in the Senate, arguing that politics and sports do not mix.