1.   Idaho had been selected by anti-abortionists after similar bills had been defeated in several other state legislatures.

2.   The Senate has passed a similar bill, which will be combined with the House version.

3.   Although a similar bill failed last year, this time even the critics say the idea has a real chance of passing.

4.   Although many nations are considering similar bills to deal with encrypted data, only Singapore and Malaysia have so far enacted them.

5.   Although similar bills have cleared the Senate in the past, they always bogged down in a House committee.

6.   And last year, Caracappa proposed and then withdrew a bill similar to the one discussed on Tuesday.

7.   And Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, also a New York Democrat, said he would introduce a similar bill in the Senate.

8.   And today, the House Judiciary Committee begins hearings on similar bills filed by two California Republicans, the late Sonny Bono and Elton Gallegly.

9.   At the behest of GOP leaders, the House Appropriations Committee postponed a vote, originally set for Thursday, on a similar bill.

10.   Baker said immediate attention would be shifted to Colorado and Kansas, where similar bills are likely to come out of the Legislatures in the current sessions.