1.   A longtime congressman and a former president of New York University, he knows how to play politics with the best of them.

2.   For one thing, there was an extensive investigation of Wright and the investigation revealed a substantial, undeniable pattern of questionable ethics by the longtime Fort Worth congressman.

3.   His brother Harold E. Ford Sr. was a longtime congressman, and his nephew Harold E. Ford Jr. now holds the seat.

4.   Ironically for Butts, his longtime congressman in Harlem is Charles Rangel.

5.   It was the sort of disclosure that would send most reporters to their keyboards, to bang out an exclusive on the unexpected departure of a longtime congressman.

6.   Longtime congressman George Mahon, a Democrat, had announced his retirement, and Bush jumped in and was confident he could win.

7.   That he, despite what has to be terrific internal conflict, is leaving quietly and with much honor and great accord, says much about the longtime congressman.

8.   The longtime congressman from Texas was cast as Democratic evil incarnate.

9.   The new layout, drawn by a Republican general, could threaten the political life for longtime congressman Martin Frost, D-Dallas.

10.   The telephone would not stop ringing in the office of Jim Leach, the longtime congressman from Iowa.