21.   A spokesman for the Democratic leadership said a vote in the House probably could not be escaped early next week.

22.   A senior aide to the Democratic leadership said the leaders had warned the freshmen not to trust the Republicans to keep their promises.

23.   After all, he is seeking a position in the House Democratic leadership next year.

24.   After that refusal, the Democratic leadership of the Assembly began an investigation, issuing subpoenas for the financial records from the two private corporations that controlled the fund.

25.   Also this week, Clinton will be taking on the House Democratic leadership and one of the most loyal Democratic constituencies, organized labor.

26.   Brown, who owns a public relations company, is attending a Democratic leadership conference in Baltimore this week.

27.   But Bonior and Democratic leadership aides tell a different story.

28.   But House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert conceded the additional seat after strong pressure from the Democratic leadership.

29.   But on Thursday the Democratic leadership insisted that the decision to take a break was not an acknowledgement that health care legislation was dead.

30.   But Rangel said the largely liberal caucus finds itself in exactly that position, from Clinton to the Democratic leadership to House Speaker Newt Gingrich.