21.   Gingrich hit back by denouncing money spent by the AFL-CIO to attack Republican freshmen, saying the Supreme Court would prohibit limits on that sort of campaign spending.

22.   He and another Republican freshman, Rep. David M. McIntosh of Indiana, are co-sponsors of the measure.

23.   He predicted that most Republican freshmen would stick with their party against Shays-Meehan.

24.   He was made an honorary member of the Republican freshmen class, a title which only one other talk show host -- Limbaugh -- had ever received.

25.   He was running in the Democrat primary for the congressional seat held by Rep. Bill Redmond, a Republican freshman.

26.   House members defeated three alternatives, from conservative Democrats, the Congressional Black Caucus and Republican freshmen.

27.   In House contests, it appeared that the Democratic efforts to unseat Republican freshmen, bolstered by millions of dollars of trade-union money, were falling short.

28.   In the House, Republican freshmen suffered a handful of casualties.

29.   Instead, Republican freshmen attended a program given by the conservative Heritage Foundation, in Baltimore.

30.   It appears that many members of the feisty Republican freshman class may sign on as co-sponsors.