The earliest bill offered $7 million, but this was flatly rejected.

Another suggestion is that the name is simply the counterpart to the earlier Brown Bill.

We started with the earliest bill and found fourteen calls to the same number in Baton Rouge.

The agreement, which will cost the city $70 million less than an earlier proposed bill, is virtually assured of legislative approval in Albany.

Mr. Gregg described the earlier bill as "a lawyers' relief act."

He introduced a very early bill (1985) into the Senate to statutorily forbid sexual-orientation-based discrimination.

Mr. Cuomo objected that the earlier bill did not provide for jail terms.

The council had rejected an earlier bill three times, saying it violated Islamic law.

An enormous amount of detailed technical evidence on groundwater was presented during consideration of the earlier Bill.

Mayoral aides estimated that the earlier bill would have cost the city $100 million when it faces a $5 billion deficit.