11.   House Republicans made Lazio a deputy whip and one of two assistant majority leaders.

12.   Last week, he and his chief deputy whip, Missouri U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, met with Vice President Cheney, himself a former minority whip.

13.   Lazio, once a deputy whip to Newt Gingrich, ran as an enthusiast for social programs for the elderly and the poor and the sick.

14.   Lewis also is a chief deputy whip for the Democrats, assigned to help garner support for Democratic positions.

15.   Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, chief deputy whip under DeLay, said he sees no reason to be in a hurry to wrap up work.

16.   Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, a deputy whip who attended the previous White House session, said many Democratic leaders believe mass apologies are necessary.

17.   Rep. John Lewis, the chief deputy whip of the Democratic Party, will now become the senior member of the delegation.

18.   Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the chief deputy whip, said he would run for whip.

19.   She is now a House deputy whip, co-chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a member of the House Judiciary and National Security Committees.

20.   Sources said DeLay is already grooming his chief deputy whip Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., to succeed him as majority whip.