1.   Any registered voter can participate, with the only consequence being that voters cannot also participate in the Democratic presidential caucuses next month.

2.   At the same time, however, the House Democratic caucus will be smaller but more liberal than before, he noted.

3.   At some point, the mostly Democratic black caucus took a headcount.

4.   Before the vote, Wilkerson took issue with part of the report in a closed-door Democratic caucus.

5.   A Democratic caucus vote or leadership statement sharply rebuking Clinton is needed.

6.   After an impassioned and divided two-hour closed Democratic caucus, House Democratic leaders revised their own inquiry proposal, bringing it ever closer to the Republican version.

7.   After leaving the Democratic caucus Monday, Daschle held a news conference to announce a proposal he had already discussed with the Senate majority leader, Trent Lott.

8.   Brian Sentencich, R-Fresno, once written off as a turncoat to his party, has the support of the Democratic caucus and is gaining GOP support.

9.   Buoyed by their ballot box victory two weeks ago, the Democratic caucus held its own elections Monday and promoted two longtime House Democrats to top leadership positions.

10.   But by mobilizing their masses, labor officials hope union members will represent far more than one-tenth of the participants in the Democratic caucuses.