"I think it's a good proposal because it will cover maybe a million workers, " said Council Member Gale Brewer, the bill's lead sponsor.

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City Councilwoman Gale Brewer, the bill's sponsor, said she tallied some 500 conference calls on the issue over the years, not to mention hundreds of news conferences, rallies and meetings.

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Arizona's governor, Jan Brewer, who signed the bill into law, retorts that it explicitly prohibits racial profiling.

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Governor Jan Brewer is expected to sign the bill into law, however, the Governor could still decide to veto the legislation should she conclude that following the United States Constitution still matters in Arizona.

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Pearce and Brewer have promised to continue fighting for the bill, all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Pearce was the driving force behind SB1070, the controversial anti-immigration bill signed into law last year by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.

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Councilwoman Gale Brewer, a Manhattan Democrat who sponsored the bill, called the study a "good attempt" to quantify the impact of the bill.

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Comptroller John Liu, a Democratic mayoral candidate, demanded Ms. Quinn allow the vote, but, for the first time, he also publicly called on Council Member Gale Brewer, the lead sponsor, to force the bill to the floor by any means necessary.

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Council Member Gale Brewer, the lead sponsor of the sick-leave bill, said she believes the compromise version is better than the original.

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Brewer, who visited the injured Tuesday, later signed the bill.

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