61.   He said he will offer an amendment to restore southeast Travis County to Barrientos.

62.   He said he had wanted to offer several amendments but had been prevented from doing so.

63.   He said his vote was cast to defend the right of the minority to debate and offer amendments to the bill.

64.   Hefley said he intended to offer the amendment when the appropriations bill is debated, which could be as soon as Wednesday.

65.   Holmes offered an amendment that would have added speeches and writings by African Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass, to the list.

66.   However, on the Senate floor, Daschle and Dole differed over allowing Democrats to offer amendments, and the offer appeared to go nowhere.

67.   House Democrats are expected to offer amendments to retain more cable television price regulations than the bill now does.

68.   House Democrats for the past several days have purposely slowed House deliberations to protest a GOP maneuver of blocking Democrats from offering amendments on the House floor.

69.   House minority leader Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri, would be allowed to offer five amendments, and Shays and Meehan would have another five.

70.   I offered the amendment.