61.   Meanwhile, Central Texas lawmakers lost one chairmanship because of retirement but gained a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

62.   Most of the states gaining seats were carried by Bush, while most of those losing seats were carried by Vice President Al Gore.

63.   Most polls show the Liberal Democrats likely to gain seats, however.

64.   No political expert would be surprised, for example, if Democrats manage to rearrange the lines in Maryland next year so they gain two seats.

65.   Not for two-thirds of a century had the party holding the White House actually gained House seats in an off-year election.

66.   Of the seven states gaining seats, three are controlled by Democrats and three by Republicans, with an independent commission handling redistricting in Arizona.

67.   Packing helped a number of African-American members gain congressional seats in recent decades.

68.   Relational then uses its leverage as a shareholder to try to bring about change, gaining board seats if necessary.

69.   Prewitt noted that North Carolina gained a seat because its overseas population of federal employees and military personnel was added to its in-state total.

70.   Republicans have tentatively gained one seat in the Senate, with the contest for an open Republican seat in Oregon still being tallied.