41.   A spokesman for Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Republican lawmakers backed more prison-related treatment.

42.   A wide cultural gulf seems to separate the new Republican lawmakers from the largely Seattle-centered arts community that has risen in defense of the endowment.

43.   Achieving a balanced budget is more important than a temporary default on U.S. debt obligations, a group of Wall Street investment advisers told Republican lawmakers today.

44.   After decades of withering decline that unions blamed on Republican lawmakers and anti-union businesses, the unions are allowing that they brought a lot of their misery upon themselves.

45.   Against all established wisdom about congressional inertia, Republican lawmakers have passed a proposal to balance the budget within seven years.

46.   Already, Republican lawmakers are considering legislation that would exempt workfare recipients from minimum wage laws.

47.   All the programs are targets for Republican lawmakers who want the government out of the arts.

48.   Bryant and other Republican lawmakers are backing another bill that would bar chief judges from deciding the outcome of complaints against judges in their own circuits.

49.   Bush has been approached by a number of delegations of Republican state lawmakers, other governors and members of Congress, urging him to seek the nomination.

50.   Bush has told Republican lawmakers who want him to work against the bill that he has no intention to inject himself in the fight.