1.   After provoking a fight by insisting on unrelated amendments, the leadership quickly retreated when Clinton vetoed the spending package.

2.   But Lott did not want unrelated amendments attached to the bill, which is a common practice in Congress, and negotiations with Daschle failed to resolve differences.

3.   But the legislation snagged on unrelated House amendments that would block U.S. funding for abortion-related spending abroad.

4.   Concern is also mounting about the mushrooming number of unrelated amendments that senators want to add to the bill.

5.   He opposes two unrelated Republican amendments in it, one designed to prevent federal shutdowns, the other involving the Census Bureau.

6.   On Wednesday, however, Lott said he feared that Democrats would try to attach a raft of unrelated amendments to the bill.

7.   President Bill Clinton threatened to veto the bill, however, because of an unrelated amendment designed to prevent government shutdowns in case of a budget stalemate.

8.   But he said he has resisted scheduling one this year because Democrats want to attach numerous unrelated amendments on issues such as gun control and farm assistance.

9.   Committee aides say a strong, bipartisan House vote could deter Senate Democrats from offering unrelated amendments that would slow the measure down.

10.   Lott suggested that, unless some way was devised to separate the unrelated amendments, the entire defense bill might have to be indefinitely put aside.