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"These bipartisan amendments are good-faith improvements to the bill," Mr. Schumer said.

Lawmakers passed Republican amendments on Thursday, including one that would guarantee that the federal government would not dictate curriculum standards, as well as bipartisan amendments allowing federal money to be used to train computer science teachers.

After being defanged during World War II, bipartisan amendments passed by Congress in 1986 reinvigorated the bill, and the law has since saved the government over $20 billion in recovered monies, and exponentially more in deterrence, continuing to serve as a robust a bulwark against fraud.

"Many bipartisan amendments have already been introduced and we're hoping to [have] a robust debate on each of them".

Reid shot back that McConnell was rewriting history, because Sens. Shaheen and Portman had, in fact, already incorporated 10 bipartisan amendments into their bill to shore up support from both sides of the aisle.

He added that the bill's sponsors had already incorporated 10 bipartisan amendments before reintroducing the measure this year, but McConnell now insists that Republicans be allowed to offer five additional amendments, including one for the Keystone pipeline.

"This bipartisan amendment makes sense," Mr. Hatch said.

Sens Manchin and Toomey announced a deal on a bipartisan amendment to require background checks for all gun purchases.

The Senate has passed a bipartisan amendment that would ensure parity between mental and physical health coverage.

No less embarrassing was the way the majority leadership killed a bipartisan amendment to establish an F.D.A.-regulated system for importing prescription drugs.

Supporters of the bipartisan amendment said law enforcement officials must go from jurisdiction to jurisdiction to obtain a court order since computer communication crosses state boundaries.