21.   On Wednesday, House Democrats will decide their choices for minority leader, minority whip and caucus leader.

22.   One prominent Republican intensely interested in the Texas House elections is U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, the minority whip.

23.   Others, like Democratic Representative David Bonior of Michigan, the minority whip, signaled that a congressional censure was probably inevitable, and even palatable.

24.   Rep. David Bonior, the House minority whip, says any self-respecting counsel will have to dig deeply into Gopac, and we hope he is right.

25.   President-elect Bush has expressed support for such a move, and Rep. David Bonior, the Democratic minority whip, has said he planned to fight for the change.

26.   Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., was elected minority whip.

27.   The bill was filed by Senators Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and House minority whip David Bonior of Michigan.

28.   The Michigan congressional delegation is studded with old-style Democrats, exemplified by David Bonior, the aggressive minority whip.

29.   The two top Democrats, Reps. Dick Gephardt of Missouri, the minority leader, and David Bonior of Michigan, the minority whip, opposed the measure.

30.   When he was minority whip, Gingrich used to spend time at the end of the day, sitting back and kicking around ideas.