31.   Helms has a long slate of ambassadorial candidates scheduled for committee hearings on Wednesday.

32.   Helms has refused to hold committee hearings, saying Weld is not qualified for the job and takes too lenient a position on drugs.

33.   Hyde asked during committee hearings on impeachment.

34.   In addition, ramps will have to be built to enable Cleland to reach the dais where senators sit during committee hearings.

35.   In an unusual step, the bills have been sent directly to the Senate floor, bypassing committee hearings.

36.   In parliamentary budget committee hearings, the Ministry of Finance asked for neither staff or training to address the problem.

37.   It has always died in committee hearings.

38.   It is scheduled for committee hearings Tuesday.

39.   It is technically possible that the bill could go directly to the Senate floor for a vote, without committee hearings.

40.   It is the result of undernoticed committee hearings and months of staff research.