It was also nearly impossible for him to do what the Senate sponsors did: attach the provision to the transportation bill.

The draft amendment with a Senate sponsor, as yet unidentified, could appear today if state regulators fail to block it.

Mr. Dole is the prime Senate sponsor of that bill.

Last week, the Senate sponsors pared down their version in an attempt to make it more palatable.

Unable to muster sufficient support for passage, the Senate sponsor of the bill withdrew it from consideration.

Don't be fooled," you wrote, "by the House vote or the 61 Senate sponsors of the bill.

The remaining $12 million would be used for transit projects, the Senate sponsors said.

Senate sponsors of the patients' rights bill denounced the agreement.

Known by the names of its Senate sponsors, this law requires that the deficit be cut to specific levels each year until it reaches zero.

Don't think that you won't have a Senate sponsor.