1.   But he said response at briefings for members of two conservative Democratic caucuses had been encouraging.

2.   How happy are such moderate, pro-choice Republicans as Reps. Connie Morella and Marge Roukema in an overwhelmingly conservative caucus?

3.   Laughlin is the second member of the conservative caucus to switch parties this year.

4.   Take that to the conservative caucus and smoke it.

5.   They are an ever smaller minority in a conservative caucus.

6.   He is struggling to govern on a slender majority -- which technically he wiped out last week by suspending nine rebels from the Conservative parliamentary caucus.

7.   He spearheaded a move in the Conservative caucus to drop medicare funding for most abortions.

8.   He won that vote but also technically wiped out his slender majority in the Commons by suspending from the Conservative parliamentary caucus nine dissidents who defied him then.

9.   Leaders in national conservative caucuses won three of five open seats on the nine-member court, their best showing since the homosexual issue arose.

10.   Marlow was one of eight legislators whom Major temporarily suspended from the Conservative caucus in the Commons after they voted against a treaty on closer union in December.