71.   Dole threatened to shelve it because of Democratic amendments.

72.   Early Thursday, Democrats distributed a letter where she endorsed the Democratic civil rights amendment.

73.   GOP leaders used House rules to block votes on Democratic amendments on price controls and other energy issues.

74.   Moments earlier, Republicans held off a Democratic amendment that would have stiffened penalties for assaulting a pregnant woman but not made harming the fetus a separate crime.

75.   Senators were expected to tackle several other Democratic amendments throughout the evening and hoped to vote late Thursday.

76.   Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said there is no need to link tax cuts to prescription drug coverage, as the Democratic amendment would have done.