The main part of the work was likely funded by Simeon, who may have acted as a chief sponsor.

Senator Mitchell, the chief sponsor of the bill, said "I don't know" when asked if he had the 60 votes needed to cut off debate.

He was the chief sponsor of the last increase, enacted a decade ago.

Mr. Shaw was chief sponsor in 1996 of the law that ended the old welfare system.

He lost his chief sponsor, Gene Klein, who died in 1990.

Johnson was the chief sponsor of the proposal and worked hard to shepherd it through the legislature.

He came to prominence as the chief sponsor of a sweeping ethics and campaign financing law.

The chief sponsor of the measure turns out to have taken his 16-year-old daughter to New York for a legal abortion.

The purpose of the bill, its chief sponsor says, is to make New York more family-friendly.

He was the chief sponsor of 38 bills, of which 13 became law.