11.   Asked about his relationship with the congressional leadership, the candidate smiled wanly.

12.   Both the Clinton administration and the Republican Congressional leadership also support biennial budgeting.

13.   Both the Clinton administration and the Republican congressional leadership have kept their distance.

14.   Boehlert said none of the members of the Republican congressional leadership have tried to sway his decision, which he made after consulting judges and academics.

15.   A new Times Mirror survey, for example, shows that the congressional leadership is falling in public esteem while the President is rising.

16.   A second step is to draw the congressional leadership into early policy consultation to see that it is present at the takeoff as well as the landing.

17.   After a breakfast with Bush and the congressional leadership, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, reiterated his commitment to expanded health care.

18.   After lengthy negotiations with the congressional leadership, he signed a compromise measure last month.

19.   Al Gore lashed presidential rival George W. Bush to the Republican congressional leadership on Saturday in denouncing a controversial GOP tax cut measure.

20.   Budget talks between Clinton and the Republican congressional leadership were suspended last week.