71.   Long before global warming became recognized as an issue, he held hearings and sponsored legislation on the subject.

72.   Meanwhile, Missouri Reps. Jim Talent and Jo Ann Emerson are sponsoring similar legislation in the House.

73.   McCain also is sponsoring legislation to expand government volunteer groups such as Americorps, an idea that has now been embraced by Bush.

74.   Montana and Idaho lawmakers are continuing talks, but neither group promised to sponsor legislation this year.

75.   McCain was not the only Arizonan who sponsored ambitious legislation that came up short at the end.

76.   Moynihan sponsored similar legislation last year, drawing objections from states and local governments that had stadium projects planned or underway.

77.   Ms. Lincoln, a former congresswoman, defeated State Sen. Fay Boozman, a conservative who sponsored legislation to ban an abortion procedure called partial birth abortion.

78.   No senator has yet formally sponsored the legislation, although it has been endorsed by anti-abortion crusader Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.

79.   Now Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is considered likely to sponsor concurring legislation.

80.   Over the years, tribal leaders have tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade members of Congress to sponsor legislation that would return the Black Hills to the Indians.