41.   Congress succeeded, barely, in bringing down the government, which lost a confidence vote by a single vote, but failed miserably to create a new majority.

42.   Debate on the bill will mark the first time this Congress casts votes on a defense authorization bill shaped by the new Republican majority.

43.   Democrats should take heart that the new majority has chosen such a fake and hypocrite to run the show in the House.

44.   Direct aid would have to be approved by Congress, and the new Republican majority has little enthusiasm for foreign aid.

45.   Ethnically based states almost inevitably lead to claims of ethnic superiority from the new majority and a cultural rigidity that creates problems for new minorities.

46.   Ethnically based states almost inevitably lead to claims of ethnic superiority on the part of the new majority and to a cultural rigidity that creates problems for new minorities.

47.   Even so, the vote will be fraught with political danger for Gingrich and his new majority, who could become victims of their own success.

48.   Ever since the Republicans took control of Congress, the new majority has struggled with the Clinton administration over the issue of low-income housing.

49.   Fighting in Chechnya and the budget-slashing mood of the new Republican majority could derail the effort.

50.   For months, the president has strived to walk a line between accommodating the reality of the new Republican majority in Congress and defending his own priorities.