11.   The amendment is very simple, members will have read it already before it gets flagged on on the wall.

12.   I declare that the amendment is lost.

13.   That is why the amendment is a far, far better thing than this rather grubby amendment we have before us.

14.   Also in July, the Arkansas Supreme Court invalidated a proposal to abolish property taxes, ruling that the amendment was misleading and confusing.

15.   Although emigration is less of an issue now, the amendment is still on the books and the Russian government is unwilling to stomach it.

16.   Among Republicans opposing the amendment are Texas Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Phil Gramm.

17.   Among those who voted to remove the amendment was Sen. John W. Warner, the Virginia Republican.

18.   Amendment after amendment was also defeated, many of them written to force conservative Democrats into embarrassing votes.

19.   Amendments are most likely to come from tobacco industry foes who have already voiced misgivings.

20.   And, anyway, such an amendment probably would be hard to write and impossible to enforce.