Such a move requires an amendment to the treaty.

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The move was offered as an amendment to a Republican bill to to abolish federal estate taxes.

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That proposal calls for a vote on an amendment to the US constitution - a move certain to be rejected by the Senate.

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Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, expressed their frustration with the Bush administration's decision and are co-sponsors of an amendment set for a vote later Tuesday to delay the move until at least 2002.

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The Senate rejected a procedural move by Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, to prevent a vote on an amendment offered by Schumer that would block the deal.

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He insists that the congressman's vote for the Balanced Budget Amendment is simply an attempt to find political cover, and he is critical of Evans' move from the Agriculture Committee to the National Security Committee.

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