1.   Christopher Shays of Connecticut, Republican sponsor of the leading bipartisan bill.

2.   One piece of legislation that has gained momentum amid the concern about workers is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen.

3.   Although more than a dozen Republican senators once said they favored universal health care, no bipartisan bill was ever drafted.

4.   Among them was Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., who is co-sponsoring the bipartisan bill with Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn.

5.   And although he lost the race, he returned to the Capitol with national standing, an expanded coalition of senators and renewed determination to pass the bipartisan bill.

6.   Another measure, a bipartisan bill that would make it easier for people to retain insurance coverage when they change or lose jobs, is pending in the Senate.

7.   Bipartisan bills in Congress have been filed to waive the contentious drug certification process that has angered Mexican officials in the past.

8.   Bipartisan bills are pending in both houses of Congress.

9.   -- A bipartisan House bill being crafted by five Republicans and five Democrats with heavy Republican support.

10.   A bipartisan bill to relax U.S. government restrictions on software encryption was reintroduced in Congress yesterday, reviving a battle technology firms have waged for more than six years.