31.   One former staffer, however, said women were prohibited from wearing pants when they entered the committee room.

32.   Outside the committee room, both sides in the debate over the nomination had already geared up for the next round of the political battle.

33.   Outside the committee room, Weld talked about the pressures from Main Street America vs. the actions of politicians in Washington.

34.   Pickering was not in the committee room during the session but at his home in Mississippi.

35.   Portraits of committee chairs, paid for by private funds and donated to the House, line the walls of most House committee rooms.

36.   Pickering was not in the committee room during the session but home in Mississippi.

37.   Sen. Moseley-Braun shot back, provoking laughter on both sides of the committee room.

38.   Senate leaders planned to convene on Monday in committee rooms in the basement of a building a block away.

39.   Seated at the edge of the head table facing a cavernous committee room, Hall laid out his power card.

40.   She said lobbyists have often tried to resolve issues with the staff, avoiding public fights in committee rooms or on the House floor.