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Various revisions to the amendment illustratethe power of Harvard's lobby, according to DianeHampton, a legislative analyst for the ACE.
Riggs changed his proposal, first by exemptinghistorically single-sex institutions and finallyby rewriting his amendment to affect only publicinstitutions.
"There was no question what Neil thought about this," said Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president of the Washington-based American Council on Education (ACE), which opposed the amendment.
Rudenstine's efforts began with a letter to Massachusetts Congressional representatives in which he said the Riggs amendment "could have grave consequences for American higher education as a whole.
The revised amendment finally failed by a voteof 249 to 171. Rowe said he saw the results ofhigher-education lobbying in the 55 Republicanswho voted against their party's bill.