1.   Osmena, one of the most influential politicians in the national legislature.

2.   And a week after Clinton and his counsels lost command of the national legislature and any claim to a political mandate, they are still searching for an answer.

3.   And once they are, the politics of naming members to the national legislature is expected to cause a stalemate.

4.   And, on the flip side, the big-money players can more easily dominate their state legislature than they can the national legislature.

5.   As secretary general, Massieu served as the second-ranking leader of the PRI and last month he was elected to the national legislature.

6.   Brenda Erickson is a senior research analyst for the national legislatures conference.

7.   But his role is to serve the American people in leading the upper branch of the national legislature.

8.   But important decisions will require the assent of two of the three leaders, and when any one feels aggrieved he can appeal to the new national legislature.

9.   But the Constitution gave states no such major role, and indeed envisioned a national legislature of uniformly qualified members.

10.   But this time, he said, he is head of the national legislature, able to orchestrate changes to make his candidacy legal.