11.   Without fast track, an agreement negotiated by the president is subject to congressional amendments.

12.   Both Ortega and Aleman enjoy congressional immunity from prosecution under congressional amendments that helped engineer.

13.   Grassley said restoring fast-track, which gives the president the authority to negotiate trade agreements that are not subject to congressional amendments, is his top priority.

14.   This is the authority that enables the administration to negotiate trade agreements without the threat of of congressional amendment.

15.   Under a congressional amendment which has yet to be signed by President Fidel Ramos, condemned prisoners are to be killed by lethal injection.