21.   Even the White House opposed the amendment until the last moment.

22.   Florida Sens. Bob Graham, a Democrat, and Connie Mack, a Republican, indicated they would oppose the amendment.

23.   Five Republicans joined the unanimous Democrats in opposing the amendment.

24.   Forty-three Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the amendment.

25.   Foreseeable consequences of that kind have led a broad spectrum of financial and economic thinkers to oppose the amendment.

26.   Gov. Roy Romer, a Democrat, had opposed the amendment and advocated some of the gay-rights protections that the amendment would have banned.

27.   Having already struck a deal with the Republicans, the administration opposed the amendment, which failed on a voice vote.

28.   He had voted against an amendment for additional aid, but the Clinton administration had also opposed that amendment until the last minute.

29.   He said opposing the amendment would undermine the security of the clinics and scare people out of working in them.

30.   He opposed an amendment that would have banned research on fetal-tissue transplants.