1.   All Democratic attempts to modify the bill were blocked.

2.   Civil libertarians, having failed to persuade lawmakers to significantly modify the bill during House and Senate debate, are expected to challenge it in court.

3.   Democrats in the Senate emerged as victors when the House-Senate conference committee modified the bill just before the Christmas recess, some analysts noted.

4.   Gore, who has touted his personal rapport with Chernomyrdin, pressed Russian leaders to modify the bill.

5.   Gorton did not play as active a role as Murray did in trying to modify the bill.

6.   Instead, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate will create new bills, and each bill can be modified by amendments during floor debates.

7.   Last week, the House modified the bill.

8.   Some bills have been modified in the face of opposition from business or the public.

9.   The House slightly modified the bill during two full days of debate.

10.   Vallone said he was open to modifying his bill.