21.   In an odd coalition, hard-core flag supporters and members of the House Black Caucus tried to derail the bill.

22.   McConnell denied playing any role in derailing the bill and said he supports it.

23.   Republican Sen. Julius Canns was among those who sought to derail the bill.

24.   The bill had been derailed by other protests.

25.   Hours earlier, a few Republicans joined forces with Democrats to narrowly defeat a Republican effort to derail the bill by reopeing up it up for amendments.