31.   Its rules and its design simply prevent the kind of majoritarian blitz that is occurring in the House and that is watched with such envy by the Republican freshmen.

32.   Labor unions and national environmental groups have been on the air almost constantly since the spring, targeting the Republican freshmen.

33.   Last week he was elected president of the Republican freshman class.

34.   Like ardent suitors, Tom DeLay, Bill McCollum and Bob Walker are courting Republican freshmen, pitching woo along with dollar bills.

35.   Like many other Republican freshmen, Hayworth has no intention of making his stay in Washington anything more than temporary.

36.   Long before default, Clinton and Republicans in Congress will reach a deficit reduction agreement, with Republican freshmen in Congress blinking first, Carey said.

37.   Mrs. Chenoweth is arguably the most conservative member of the Republican freshman class.

38.   Organized labor is spending an enormous amount of money backing a couple of urban Democrats who are challenging vulnerable Republican freshmen in Congress.

39.   Organized labor is spending an enormous amount of money backing a couple of urban Democrats who are challenging vulnerable Republican freshmen in Congress That could help Gantt.

40.   Out on the stump, Republican freshman Linda Smith describes herself as an independent, even a populist, someone who clashed repeatedly with Gingrich in her first term.