11.   All but two of the caucus members voted for the Democratic alternative that would have placed more limits on the inquiry.

12.   But Republicans, sensing victory, refused to take yes for an answer and voted down the leapfrogging Democratic alternative.

13.   By a democratic alternative I mean the consolidation of the entire centrist spectrum of democratic, reform-minded, patriotic forces.

14.   California Sen. Barbara Boxer voted against the GOP measure, while supporting a Democratic alternative.

15.   Constance A. Morella of Maryland favored the main Democratic alternative, in part because it would have provided more money for child care.

16.   Daschle on Thursday offered a Democratic alternative to the Gramm tax cut.

17.   Daschle said he was prepared to offer the Democratic alternative as an entire package and amendments on the Senate floor.

18.   Earlier, after the Bolshevik Revolution, Blum broke with Leninist authoritarianism and preserved a democratic socialist alternative for France.

19.   Gephardt, in developing a Democratic alternative, is returning to an earlier era when Democrats controlled the House and his plan set the pace.

20.   He has done little to press his own bill or embrace Democratic alternatives.