41.   Rep. Dick Armey of Texas, head of the Republican Conference, angrily berated defecting colleagues during a post-crime-bill party caucus.

42.   Republican senators were actually forced to squeeze through a gantlet of opponents, including several ministers, to reach a closed-door party caucus on Monday afternoon.

43.   Republicans who attended a closed-door party caucus where Gingrich pushed for support said the speaker tried to bring around recalcitrant Republicans loath to give Clinton a triumph.

44.   Republicans huddled in their own party caucus to decide what they wanted to seek from the Democrats.

45.   Republicans who attended a closed-door party caucus Sunday afternoon where Gingrich pushed for support said the speaker tried to bring around recalcitrant Republicans loath to give Clinton a triumph.

46.   Senators who had been discussing ergonomics regulations in the party caucus room crawled under heavy wood tables.

47.   Several Republicans, including Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, confronted GOP leaders during a party caucus.

48.   So after a party caucus Saturday morning, senior Republicans said they would oppose the motion, and they signaled that this would be a party position.

49.   Some Republicans, including Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, voiced concerns at a party caucus Thursday morning about the impact of a lengthy deposition process.

50.   Speaker Newt Gingrich provided some of the details at a four-hour party caucus that he opened with a blistering attack on President Clinton as a weak leader.