11.   Lawmakers will be prevented from dipping into Social Security and Medicare surpluses for other uses, under a new House bill.

12.   She said the administration prevented lawmakers from attaching several other provisions that it also considered bad for the environment.

13.   The Commission said the amendment could prevent lawmakers from voting according to their conscience.

14.   The GOP plan prevents lawmakers from using surpluses from the programs for anything other than reducing the national debt or improving the programs themselves.

15.   Furniture which had been erected at the entrance to the building to prevent the lawmakers entering had been taken down Tuesday morning.