21.   Brooks, a former conservative Republican legislator known for his anti-abortion stance, recommended Agwunobi for his current job.

22.   Both Republican legislators and Gingrich, their ideological leader, would now benefit from a bipartisan agreement that spreads the blame for spending cuts.

23.   Bryan Eppstein, a Fort Worth-based political consultant, advises more than three dozen Republican legislators, including Merritt and Bonnen.

24.   But a Republican county legislator, Paul J. Tonna, criticized the plan Wednesday before the state Assembly Energy Committee, which met in Babylon Town Hall.

25.   Bush lobbied Republican legislators for the controversial plan, drafted by a House committee, that expanded sales and business taxes to dozens of new items.

26.   But more than a week ago he thrust himself into the fray and endorsed plans by Republican legislators to name a set of electors.

27.   But Republican legislators were saying today that, in their euphoria over a process they viewed as empowering, they naively ignored warning signs.

28.   But the Republican legislators made clear they believe Bush should remain the certified winner.

29.   Carpenter, who was elected last year, said he felt at first more accepted by fellow Republican legislators than by other homosexuals.

30.   Clinton seemed almost to be appealing on Tuesday night for a prominent Republican legislator, or several, to do the same thing on major domestic issues.