71.   Unlike four years ago, the party controls both houses of Congress.

72.   While not the chairman, McDade is upbeat since his party now controls the committee and he can help set the agenda.

73.   Whichever party controls the legislature will gain an advantage in controlling redistricting.

74.   While the Street has a slight preference for Bush, it would be happiest if neither party controls both the White House and Congress next year, he said.

75.   With three seats potentially in play, New Jersey has become one of a handful of states that could decide which party controls the House of Representatives.

76.   Zedillo turned to the Mexican Congress, which his party controls, for some consensus that severe belt-tightening was necessary.

77.   Opposition parties say that the nation is not ready for membership, but the governing party controls a comfortable majority in Parliament.

78.   Political parties control student groups and often use them to settle their own battles.

79.   A win that large would be a near revolution in a country where the ruling party controlled all but three of the seats in the previous parliament.

80.   Although the party is the largest in the legislature, it lacks a majority and opposition parties frequently control the parliament by uniting against the DPP.