1.   The House should reject the amendment, but should be assured that we have taken on board the point made by the amendment.

2.   Although the American Bar Association did not send any witnesses to testify at the hearing, it submitted a report recommending that Congress reject the amendment.

3.   But the amendment was rejected by one vote in the Senate.

4.   Diplomats said China would abstain on the resolution after NATO nations and Russia earlier Wednesday rejected several amendments to the resolution proposed by Beijing.

5.   However, earlier this month, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would have limited the sugar program to an additional two years.

6.   In New York, Sherwood Boehlert, Amo Houghton, Sue Kelly, Michael Forbes, James Walsh and Benjamin Gilman voted again and again to reject killer amendments.

7.   It rejected Democratic amendments, though, to increase funding for the environment.

8.   Last week, the Senate rejected two amendments that tried to carve out health exceptions.

9.   Late on Wednesday night, the House also roundly rejected an amendment to end affirmative action programs in public universities.

10.   One by one, the amendments were rejected, and no major changes were anticipated.