11.   He called on the community to unite behind Brooks when the base closure panel holds its hearings, from March through May.

12.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich last week said the two panels would hold joint hearings.

13.   If the panel does hold hearings, it could end up drafting and voting on articles of impeachment against the president.

14.   Just how far California has been transformed is apparent in Santa Clara County, where the race panel will hold a community forum tonight.

15.   Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, the chairman of the antitrust panel, said last week that his panel will hold a follow-up hearing on the subject.

16.   One panel holds control buttons, another the active Web address and the third is where you can drop favorite sites.

17.   Over in the Senate, a transportation panel will hold its first hearing on the Amtrak budget Friday.

18.   Rep. Bill Archer, who chairs the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said his panel will hold a hearing on the gas tax next week.

19.   Representative Terry Everett, an Alabama Republican who is chairman of the House veterans subcommittee on oversight and investigations, said the panel will hold hearings on the matter.

20.   Republican Sen. William Roth, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, already said his panel would hold hearings on the Boskin recommendations early next year.