Washington Outlook

CLINTON MAKES AMENDS

President Clinton feels former freshman Representative Karen Shepherd's pain. The Utah Democrat blames Clinton's unpopularity for her defeat in 1994. So he plans to name her to the Federal Election Commission, a six-year, $115,700-a-year job. The ex-schoolteacher led a House bipartisan group of freshmen campaign reformers.EDITED BY OWEN ULLMANN: CAPITAL WRAPUP