1.   He was agreeable to a request to help the Republican senator out.

2.   Some compare her favourably to Nancy Kassebaum, a respected moderate Republican senator from Kansas.

3.   The challengers include two congressmen and a heterodox former Republican senator who stirs strong emotions on both sides of the political fence.

4.   The former Republican senator from Maine brings priorities that spell hope for companies worried about further cuts to military spending.

5.   The Republican senator established the task force to help build consensus and draft legislation on issues facing rural areas of the state.

6.   The strength of the argument for splitting the bill is evident in the reaction of the two Republican senators from Texas.

7.   Two other Republican senators also objected to the exclusion of minor provisions in Colorado and Virginia.

8.   Two retiring Republican senators warned their fellow lawmakers Tuesday that they need to fix the Social Security system before it goes broke.

9.   Republican senators talked of rolling back communist influence in Asia.

10.   In Connecticut, where the outgoing Democratic governor declined to run, a former liberal Republican senator, Lowell Weicker, won the contest as an independent.