1.   Implicit in that demand is the widespread sentiment among Republicans that Democrats egregiously politicized the ethics process during the Gingrich probe.

2.   After two years of bitter fights over the ethics investigation of Gingrich, both parties have suggested revamping the House ethics process.

3.   But if Packwood suffered immensely from the ethics process and its outcome, he is not alone.

4.   But Ms. Johnson caved in to the Republican leadership and agreed to truncate the ethics process.

5.   But the integrity of the Senate, and the ethics process, should come first.

6.   But while Gephardt said he was open to ideas about reforming the ethics process, he had not focused yet on how to change it.

7.   Democrats struggled Tuesday to shift the momentum to their advantage by accusing Republicans of undermining the ethics process to protect their speaker.

8.   Gephardt acknowledged that his own members serving on the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct are growing frustrated with the current ethics process.

9.   Opponents said the Senate should not circumvent the ethics process.

10.   Republican leaders also are toying with a reform of the ethics process, in which friends will not be forced to judge friends.