71.   In the Senate the bill is sponsored by Nancy Landon Kassebaum, R-Kan., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.

72.   In the Senate, the bill is sponsored by Bill McKenna, who wields great influence.

73.   In the Senate, the bill is being sponsored by Sen. Michael A. Balboni of Nassau County, a member of the Republican majority.

74.   Is anyone sponsoring a bill?

75.   James Brulte, the Republican floor leader in the Senate, has sponsored bills subsidizing solar and other renewable sources.

76.   John Conrad, the council member who sponsored the bill, did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

77.   John Warner, R-Va., will sponsor the bill.

78.   Klein was an unusually active legislator during his first two years in Albany, successfully sponsoring bills to crack down on cigarette smuggling and auto-stripping.

79.   Kennedy then noted that both Dole and Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who manages the opposition on the floor, had sponsored bills with benefits packages.

80.   Johnson sponsored the bill, which authorized the governor to buy the mission.