11.   The measure was defeated on a procedural motion, in part because Republican leaders tied it to an unrelated bill that would have allowed oil drilling in Alaska.

12.   The Senate sponsors said they may offer their version as an amendment to an unrelated bill.

13.   This plan is now trapped in bickering over an unrelated bill.

14.   This provision was tacked onto an unrelated spending bill.

15.   Performers are upset about an amendment to copyright law that Coble helped put into an unrelated bill on home satellites late last year.

16.   Similarly, legislation to increase funding for Medicare providers is expected to surface on an unrelated bill under rules that also will deny Democrats the ability to seek amendments.

17.   The unicameral Legislature was debating an unrelated bill.

18.   And they will continue to try to attach the increase to unrelated bills as an amendment.