1.   A senior White House official confirmed that discussions about the censure proposal were under way with King, who has a good relationship with the administration.

2.   But Livingston has said he will refuse to allow a censure proposal on the House floor.

3.   But King acknowledged Friday that the biggest hurdle could be getting his censure proposal to the House floor.

4.   But Rich Galen, a longtime Gingrich ally, said the censure proposal never struck Republicans as a serious idea.

5.   But the House Judiciary Committee rejected a censure proposal last week.

6.   Democrats are working to assemble a censure proposal that could draw the support of most of their party and some Republicans.

7.   Delahunt, who drafted the censure proposal with other committee Democrats, acknowledged that the committee is almost sure to reject the compromise.

8.   Equally problematic was whether the Senate could agree on any censure proposal if a trial was truncated.

9.   Graham said he would kill any censure proposal by filibustering against it.

10.   If the resolution fails, the Senate will turn to a censure proposal.