11.   The Senate adopted two Republican amendments over unanimous Democratic objections.

12.   While Democratic objections convinced some cities to opt out of the contest, still another obstacle has been a refusal by state legislatures to pass laws allowing the votes.

13.   Afterward, over Democratic objections, the House decided to start the impeachment debate Friday.

14.   As the Senate approved the longer stopgap measure, with no Democratic objections, the House was debating another one-day extension of the funding for government program.

15.   Bush had withheld planned nominations of at least four conservatives to avoid Democratic objections.

16.   Bush withheld planned nominations of at least four conservatives to avoid such Democratic objections.

17.   President Bush is nominating some prominent conservatives to federal appeals courts, after scaling back the size of his first slate of judicial picks in response to Democratic objections.

18.   The Bush campaign also filed suit in Florida to force the inclusion of rejected votes from servicemen overseas, some blocked by Democratic objections for lack of postmarks.