21.   The Senate passed a similar amendment last year but the measure was taken out in negotiations with the House.

22.   Two years ago, a similar amendment passed the House but narrowly failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority in the Senate.

23.   A similar amendment proposed in the Senate was withdrawn.

24.   A Senate committee Friday is to debate its own bill proposing similar amendments and could send it back for final Senate approval as early as next week.

25.   But party leaders suggested Wednesday that the Parliament, dominated by the ruling party, could insert a similar amendment into the existing constitution.

26.   Last July the House approved a similar amendment to its version of the Commerce-Justice-State bill.

27.   The fate of the provision was unclear because the House narrowly rejected a similar amendment in March and the Clinton administration opposes it.

28.   The House narrowly rejected a similar amendment in March.

29.   The House narrowly rejected a similar amendment in March, and the Clinton administration opposes it.

30.   The House approved a similar amendment.