11.   Committee aides said the bill could come up for a vote on the House floor as soon as next week.

12.   Committee aides said the depositions would start as soon as they received authority from the House.

13.   Committee aides spent much of the afternoon modifying his statements.

14.   Committee aides would not say whether such a letter was sent.

15.   He is a lifelong Democrat, a committee aide said.

16.   However, committee aides say that recent developments have intensified pressure on lawmakers to simply reinstate the ticket tax.

17.   Hyde also said that assertions from some committee aides on Wednesday that the panel would vote on articles of impeachment by Thanksgiving were incorrect.

18.   Justice officials from the office of newly confirmed Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder did not explain why they opposed immunity, committee aides said.

19.   On the House side, committee aides say lawmakers will move to fix the problem within the next month.

20.   On Thursday, a top education committee aide said that the Senate has shown strong support to restore funding for the program.