11.   Democrats also want to give workfare participants the right to join unions and to become government employees after a certain amount of time in the program.

12.   Democrats want Medicare to buy the drugs directly.

13.   Democrats want the federal government to help pay drug benefit premiums for all Medicare recipients.

14.   Democrats want the government in control.

15.   Democrats want the hearings to expose instances of Republican excesses as well, indicting the entire campaign finance system.

16.   Democrats want the U.S. Census Bureau to use sampling to reach its final population count.

17.   Democrats want to expand it so that everyone on Medicare gets drug coverage.

18.   Democrats want to increase benefits for jobless workers more than Republicans do, saying those people need help and they would quickly spend any money they received.

19.   Democrats want to press that advantage.