Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) plans to introduce a non-binding resolution urging Attorney General Janet Reno toappoint an independent counsel to investigate the Democrats' fund-raising.
The agreement left intact the British monarch as the head of state, giving the queen's representative, known as the governor-general, the right toappointa prime minister in the event of a hung parliament, and to dismiss one that had lost the confidence of lawmakers.