11.   Democrats plan an attempt to ban gifts and free lunches from lobbyists.

12.   Democrats plan to make pensions more portable, meaning that a worker could take their pension with them when they switch jobs.

13.   Democrats plan to offer a series of amendments in the Commerce Committee on Wednesday that would make the bill even worse for the industry.

14.   Democrats planned to announce their politically doomed proposal today, while the House Judiciary Committee was making public a second batch of materials from Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

15.   Democrats also plan direct mail on the same point.

16.   Democrats plan a fund-raiser in New York next month for the Democratic National Committee and the House and Senate campaign funds.

17.   Democrats planned a series of amendments, including efforts to accelerate marriage penalty relief while cutting upper-income taxes less.

18.   Democrats planned an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court to force Miami-Dade County to resume counting after a three-judge lower court panel turned them down.

19.   Democrats planned to ask the Supreme Court to establish a standard under which all three counties would approve or disapprove ballots.

20.   Democrats promptly planned an appeal.