11.   Last year, when Congress tried to attach partisan measures to similar disaster legislation, I said no.

12.   McCain and Feingold are now trying to attach their measure as an amendment to a spending bill for the Interior Department.

13.   McCain has attached his measure to must-pass legislation and vows that eventually, perhaps by next fall, it will pass the full Congress.

14.   Otherwise, he said he would look for opportunities this week to attach the measure to unrelated legislation to force it to the floor.

15.   President Clinton had threatened to veto the spending bill if those measures were attached to it.

16.   Republicans had filibustered it for days in a successful effort to prevent Democrats from attaching a measure to aid displaced workers for airlines, airports and airplane makers.

17.   Senate Democratic leaders have decided to force a showdown on raising the federal minimum wage by attaching the measure to every possible bill on the Senate floor.

18.   Supporters of the legislation attempted several times then to force a vote by attaching the measure to other legislation.

19.   The different Senate and House measures are attached to the Defense Authorization Act.

20.   The House voted to renew it, but in the Senate the measure was attached to the controversial stimulus legislation.