In one of several amendments to be tacked on last night to the omnibus spending package in the senate, Patty Murray (D-WA) proposed that Amtrak funding be increased to $1.2 billion from $762 million. It passed by voice vote, and along with other amendments helped bring the current cost of the bill to more than $390 billion. The omnibus is on track to break the $750.5 billion target the administration had sought for fiscal 2003. More on the other amendments and their fates shortly.