1.   Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who shepherded legislation on a sales-tax funding scheme for the dome, could not be reached for comment.

2.   DeLay shepherded legislation incorporating the Bush energy plan through the House last August.

3.   Much will depend on which committees -- and which members --play the lead role in shepherding the legislation through the House and Senate.

4.   Rep. James Hansen, the Utah Republican who shepherded the legislation through his parks subcommittee, disagrees.

5.   Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., has shepherded legislation that calls for payment of the arrears in exchange for administrative reforms at the United Nations.

6.   That deal was made, and McCormack shepherded the legislation to passage, setting the stage for the modern NFL.

7.   He said he has asked federal lawmakers to shepherd legislation specifically allowing Ge to get a green card.

8.   Further complicating matters was the indictment of House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, who had been expected to shepherd health care legislation through his powerful committee.