In Washington, legislators have proposed more than 20 bills to monitor data brokers more closely.

Australia would be the first country to carry out such a plan, although legislators in California proposed a similar measure last month.

But the Governor has said she does not favor abandoning the state's "no-fault" system, as some legislators have proposed.

This is likely to find some sympathy in Congress, though some legislators may propose variations.

That is what one legislator proposed in the early 1980's.

Some legislators have proposed a national law legalizing such weddings, even though opinion surveys show most Italians oppose the idea.

To do so, legislators propose legislation in the forms of bills drafted by a nonpartisan, professional staff.

The legislators originally proposed 4.99 percent, but a firestorm of criticism forced them to back down to 1 percent.

Most notably, legislators had proposed an anti-pornography bill in 2006 to gain the favor of religious groups.

But legislators have proposed giving depositors all their money, except for a possible 10 percent loss.