11.   Republican Senator Frank Murkowski has introduced a bill to open up a huge Alaskan wildlife reserve to oil exploration.

12.   Labour MP Martin Redmond has introduced a bill into parliament which seeks to protect public access to forest land after it has been sold off.

13.   Conservative MP Peter Ainsworth has introduced a bill which would make it compulsory for farmers to notify the planning authority of any plans to destroy hedgerows.

14.   The M P who introduced the bill said many of the men who were shot for cowardice were in fact suffering from shell shock.

15.   Also, several Internet privacy bills have been introduced in Congress.

16.   Although all members can introduce bills, not one has ever done so.

17.   An identical bill has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. James Jeffords, a retiring Vermont Republican, but the outlook there is much murkier.

18.   An identical bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, and James Inhofe, R-Okla.

19.   An identical bill was also introduced in the state Senate.

20.   An identical bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark.