These included laws on energy efficiency, eco-design, buildings performance and fuel economy.
Other items on the agenda may include laws on protests and the media.
The proposals were withdrawn, but the successor Conservative government introduced a new legal code in the Industrial Relations Act of 1971, which included laws on unfair industrial practices and on legally binding agreements.
Mr. Sami's business opens early and closes late and so, he said, he did not hear about the recommendations announced Saturday on reforming politics in Jordan, including laws on elections and parties.
The first and most important is the insistence that technology companies obey state laws within state borders, including laws on information extraction and sharing and on permissible speech.
Other government functions "necessary to protect life" will also carry on, including law enforcement, intelligence and foreign embassies.
Mr. McGee, 35, is an actor whose credits include "Law and Order" on NBC, the CBS soap opera "Guiding Light" and "Summer '69" an Off-Broadway play.
Recent proposals to amend federal and state hate crime laws to include law enforcement are based on similarly misguided rhetoric.
These days, yet another generation knows him from a variety of TV roles on programs including "Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Brothersrs & Sisters".
Other television programs, including "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" on NBC, were wrapping up production yesterday as producers ran out of fresh scripts.
