1.   In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions.

2.   One of the ongoing partisan battles over spending led to a typical case of gridlock as the legislative session ended last month.

3.   The Bisbee Democrat introduced a bill this legislative session that would have repealed that law, but it never got a hearing.

4.   The special session will run concurrently with the regular legislative session beginning today.

5.   Wilson will try again this legislative session, Spidell said.

6.   The legislative session was prorogued for the summer.

7.   The sponsors of the bill made clear their intention to press for a vote on it within the current legislative session.

8.   Hundreds of protesters on Saturday had forced the legislative session to be suspended for three hours as they shouted down ARENA deputies and screamed for justice.

9.   Although some of the stranded House bills theoretically could resurface as amendments to still-viable measures, many appeared moribund for this legislative session.