61.   Since his election to the Senate from Chautauqua County, in southwestern New York, Present had filled a string of important committee assignments.

62.   She also has to request congressional committee assignments, a process she likened to high school.

63.   Stump, who represents the West on the GOP Steering Committee, which determines committee assignments, declined to say whether there was even a little bickering.

64.   The appointment was expected as one of a series of committee assignments to be announced Thursday by the Senate Democratic leader, Tom Daschle of South Dakota.

65.   The committee has a total of seven new members in its cast, thanks to four retirements and the departure of three other senators for different committee assignments.

66.   The latest trend is to print their committee assignments quite clearly on their fund-raising invitations, where no interested party could possibly miss them.

67.   The leaders of the House and Senate were sworn in only Tuesday, and they had yet to make major committee assignments or fill important leadership positions.

68.   The leader also raises money for the party and plays a critical role in steering members to coveted committee assignments.

69.   The new senators also may learn of their committee assignments sometime during the two-day orientation.

70.   The Republicans, Taylor said, have offered bait in the form of fund-raising help and plum committee assignments.