91.   One was backed by the House Democratic leadership and the other by a group of fiscally conservative Democrats.

92.   Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, is a vocal advocate of human rights in China and is now running for a top-ranking Democratic leadership post.

93.   Political leaders, including President Bush, the congressional Democratic leadership and, even the Republican leadership have acknowledged the problem needs to be addressed.

94.   Rep. Martin Frost of Dallas moved up a notch in the House Democratic leadership ranks Tuesday after his colleagues elected him as their conference chairman.

95.   Response from the Democratic leadership of the Assembly was predictably muted.

96.   Senate Democrats today reelected Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., as Policy Committee Chairman, a Democratic leadership position.

97.   Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has a proposal that the Democratic leadership is already bad-mouthing.

98.   So far this year, conservative opposition to the Democratic leadership has been far more outspoken and visible.

99.   So the Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate are engaged in a kind of guerrilla struggle using arcane parliamentary maneuvers to bring the issue to a vote.

100.   Some members of the Democratic leadership have even been calling Republicans, particularly those who favor gun control.