21.   Congressional staff members attending the meeting later said that little was resolved immediately.

22.   Congressional staff members familiar with the Haiti debate inside the administration said they found the scenario unlikely.

23.   Congressional staff members are already considering other options for adjusting payments to HMOs.

24.   Congressional staff members say the new leadership is considering providing cash subsidies to qualified people.

25.   Congressional staff said lawmakers recognize that the cash-assistance program for the unemployed will need a boost, given the layoffs in the airline industry alone.

26.   Cossolotto pointed out that now, to get access to their representatives, voters are forced to work through special interest groups, lobbyists and congressional staff members.

27.   Edward Koch had never managed anything more complicated than his congressional staff.

28.   Even Archer opposes some of the cuts he proposed Thursday, according to congressional staff members.

29.   Even congressional staff who monitor the law are not pressing the administration very hard just now to make its decision.

30.   For their part, congressional staff officials downplayed the talk of crisis today.