11.   Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., also opposed the new amendment, explaining later that he thought it meddled in matters that should be left to local discretion.

12.   From here she and her fellow Common Cause officials have monitored every move, counted every vote and occasionally provided their advice to aides as new amendments are written.

13.   If the new amendment were to pass the House and Senate, it would still have to win approval in three-fourths of the state legislatures.

14.   Instantly, supporters and foes of this new amendment squared off, both sides taking positions still heard today.

15.   It has not yet been determined exactly which sex offenders would have their names posted online under the new amendment.

16.   Negotiators also faced a new environmental amendment delaying a ban on road building in national forests and a dispute over debt relief to impoverished countries.

17.   Securities industry lobbyists said they would begin fighting for the bill, which with the new amendment would allow securities firms with insurance affiliates to enter the banking industry.

18.   Such a change also would almost certainly require new amendments to the Clean Air Act.

19.   The new amendment will add market risk to the requirements.

20.   The new amendment would define Ireland by its people rather than its land.