11.   A taxpayer advocacy group study says congressional committee hearings tend to be dominated by witnesses pleading for greater spending.

12.   After Foster cleared committee hearings, Gramm set out to filibuster.

13.   Although Congress is returning from its summer recess this week, Democrats said this is not the time for committee hearings on Waco.

14.   But critics contend that the agreement, coming after House and Senate committee hearings, may have already done harm.

15.   But it has not been enough for Burton, the combative conservative who has presided over contentious committee hearings rife with partisan bickering.

16.   But the Rodino committee hearings, now idealized as a model of nonpartisan statesmanship, seemed quite otherwise when they were shown on the History Channel last week.

17.   Claiming their right against self-incrimination, neither woman would tell her story at committee hearings.

18.   Committee hearings will be followed by expected budget votes in the House and Senate during the summer.

19.   Committee hearings also led to the internment of Californians of Japanese descent.

20.   Conference committee hearings to consider the budget will start convening as early as Wednesday.