21.   At least one prominent Republican lawmaker agreed.

22.   At the hearing, Republican lawmakers sounded incredulous as they cited reports that more than two-thirds of the cocaine used in the United States flows through Mexico.

23.   At the gathering in Williamsburg, Va., Republican lawmakers were warned by pollsters that the impeachment matter could damage the party next year.

24.   At that moment, the first-term Republican lawmaker knew that the incident had changed his life - and his role as a lawmaker.

25.   At the news conference Thursday, the Republican lawmakers said Dole has given them hopeful signals.

26.   At the same time Republican lawmakers lambasted the president for what they said was his haphazard approach to the drug problem.

27.   At the State House, Republican lawmakers started a pool on when Weld will resign.

28.   At the same time, Reno has traded accusations with public interest groups and Republican lawmakers about her refusal to seek an outside counsel to examine campaign fund-raising practices.

29.   Babbitt still has plenty on which to disagree with Republican lawmakers from the Northwest.

30.   At the same time, Republican lawmakers admitted that they lacked the votes to get these cuts passed in appropriation bills.