21.   He issued detailed proposals, then letting lawmakers go home for congressional recesses and get assailed by angry constituents.

22.   He urged senators to seek a bipartisan consensus bill during the congressional recess.

23.   He told reporters Thursday that he would propose meeting with Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of State Colin Powell during the congressional recess.

24.   Hormel was appointed to the post by President Clinton during a congressional recess, which allowed Clinton to sidestep the confirmation process.

25.   Ideally, she said, she would have liked to have the baby arrive during the Congressional recess in August.

26.   In the first congressional recess after the Senate impeachment trial, there was Lott at a high-profile town meeting in Detroit promoting tax cuts.

27.   Indeed, the winter congressional recess is the high season for exotic travel by senators, representatives, their spouses and aides.

28.   It may appear as if the congressional recess is a setback.

29.   Linder will try to remedy that by sending Gingrich, a legendary fund-raiser, to some of those districts during the July Fourth congressional recess.

30.   Mrs. Clinton plans to pitch in further over the coming congressional recess, and Vollers expects to complete the manuscript by the end of the year.