101.   Otherwise, a proposed bill could be challenged again and again, whenever any lawmaker offered an amendment that could be construed as a separate unfunded mandate.

102.   One of the most ardent opponents of gaming, Coats had planned to offer an amendment Tuesday that would repeal the gambling-loss deduction.

103.   Patterson will offer an amendment, for example, to allow people to carry handguns in certain government buildings.

104.   Philip Hellreich, a committee member from Hawaii who offered the amendment, argued that as a doctor, he saw too many teen-agers with unwanted pregnancies.

105.   Quick warns that if Republicans begin to offer amendments on the redistricting measure, his Democrats may offer some, too.

106.   Representative J. D. Hayworth, an Arizona Republican, was expected to offer an amendment that would eliminate the tribal business tax.

107.   Republicans said they would continue offering amendments to correct what they see as serious flaws in the bill, written mainly by Democrats over the last five years.

108.   Republicans tried throughout the day and night of the debate to offer amendments.

109.   Rep. John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, will offer an amendment that would require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a minimum bid for any license being auctioned.

110.   Republican senators said they were planning to offer numerous amendments to produce a bill that President Bush could sign.