Last year, a Republican state senator, Arthur Orr, who says he was troubled by the Constitution's continuing deterrent effect on economic development, introduced the proposal again.
A Democratic Utah state representative, Susan Duckworth, introduced the proposal, which also included provisions to remove tax on adult incontinence products and children's diapers.
Monaco introduced the proposal because it said only extreme measures can save stocks of the iconic migratory fish, which have fallen by 75% due to widespread overfishing.
He first introduced the proposal in the aftermath of a 1998 incident involving a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy carrying a black water pistol, which resembled a semiautomatic handgun.
"We need to catch up to the modern world," said Assemblywoman Sandra R. Galef, a former elementary schoolteacher from Ossining, who first introduced the proposal to cut down on paper in 1997, not long after the dawn of the Palm Pilot.
Social Security meets Wall Street Glorious dilemmas The law's fine line Everybody's butt Tom Daschle's hidden weapon ReprintsMartin Feldman, a tobacco analyst at Salomon Smith Barney, argues that Mr Clinton, who has been keenly supported by the anti-smoking lobby, introduced the proposal into his speech only at the last moment, and partly out of pique at the states.
Once they were turned into legislative language and introduced, the proposals went through the so-called regular order, with hearings and open mark-ups.
But although the administration quietly lined up support from a few council members before introducing the proposal, the speaker, Gifford Miller, has yet to sign on.
In introducing the proposal last week, Representative Jeff Miller, Republican of Florida, focused on the John Adams Project, a joint enterprise of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
"Secretary Rubin intends to introduce the proposal in a 21 May speech, and to testify before the House Banking Committee the first week of June".
When they introduce the proposal, administration officials plan to argue that diesel exhaust may cause lung cancer, and clearly brings on asthma attacks and other respiratory problems.
