A primary objection was a provision that would allow residents to file blight complaints anonymously.
Many opponents have focused on a provision that would allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
It has objected to a provision that would allow the census director to report directly to the commerce secretary.
The deal reportedly includes a provision that would allow Patrick to race at the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
A controversial element of the legislation was a provision that would allow the state Public Utilities Commission to raise electricity rates to cover wholesale costs.
But a provision that would allow a convicted felon to sit on the board, if the conviction was more than five years old, could kill plans for it.
Authors are also considering a provision that would allow some current workers who have lived less than five years in the country to qualify later.
Democrats have also opposed a provision that would allow the island's government to lower the minimum wage for some younger workers.
What angered many flight attendants in the contract was a provision that would allow American more leeway in calculating paid hours, the board member said.
Democrats also lost a bid to remove a provision that would allow some cities to escape enforcement of federal air pollution rules temporarily.
The House bill includes a provision that would allow religious social service agencies that receive government financing to hire only employees who share their religious faith.
