1.   Like others, Alexander wants to cut congressional pensions and limit the number of terms that lawmakers can serve.

2.   And he took aim at popular perquisites on Capitol Hill, urging the elimination of congressional pensions and free mass-mailing privileges for lawmakers.

3.   And in debates and in television advertisements they contend that congressional pensions amount to a looting of American taxpayers.

4.   As presiding officer of the Senate, Cheney is entited to participate in the congressional pension system.

5.   As with all congressional pensions, it goes up with the cost of living.

6.   A Senate attempt to bring congressional pensions in line with those paid other federal workers also failed.

7.   After that, he promises, he will go after the lobbyists, congressional pensions, political action committees and as many other special interests as he can find.

8.   But his campaign debts forced him to cash in his congressional pension.

9.   Congressional pensions have long been a subject of controversy.

10.   Congressional pensions, though bloated, may not be as outrageously out of line as some suggest.