11.   As the Clapprood campaign rightly notes, there is more at stake than simply sending a woman to Washington as part of the Massachusetts congressional delegation.

12.   As the lion of the Louisiana congressional delegation, Livingston had spent years loading the district with government contracts.

13.   At the fringes, Weld is hurt by the fact that Massachusetts does not have a single Republican in the congressional delegation to lead his campaign on Capitol Hill.

14.   At the beginning of the decade its congressional delegation had nine Democrats -- eight white and one black -- and one Republican, Newt Gingrich.

15.   At the same time, the New Hampshire and Maine congressional delegations are pressing the case for retaining Portsmouth, a facility that repairs nuclear submarines.

16.   AUSTIN, Texas - A judge or a panel of judges, not the Legislature, will have the first word on the future of the Texas congressional delegation.

17.   Babbitt has not been successful in getting a consensus from the Montana congressional delegation and out-going Republican Gov. Marc Racicot.

18.   Babbitt plans to meet with the entire congressional delegation and the governor about protecting Steens Mountain and Soda Mountain.

19.   Babbitt has even suggested to congressional delegations that they take the lead in creating greater protection for unique public landscapes in their states.

20.   Because it has major hubs in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, it quickly lined up support from the Pennsylvania congressional delegation.