1.   And Democrats howled that a freshman liberal senator could hold such sway.

2.   As a freshman senator, Bradley felt it was vital to distance himself from his basketball past.

3.   As a freshman senator, Joe Lieberman was part of a vocal minority then that loudly called for a NATO response with US leadership.

4.   Asked if he was prepared to devote the time necessary for such a campaign, the freshman senator said he would do what it takes.

5.   Before he spoke, he warned he would have to leave early for a meeting of freshman Republican senators.

6.   But Schumer maintains that as a freshman senator with strong ties to the Clinton administration, he can get a great deal done.

7.   But this extreme breach of protocol by a freshman senator was firmly and swiftly repulsed.

8.   Clinton agreed to play host at a fund-raiser in her Washington home later this month on behalf of another Democratic freshman senator, Maria Cantwell of Washington state.

9.   Fifteen new senators, one of the largest group of freshmen senators in recent years, will participate in the orientation sessions.

10.   Freshman senators are placed in a pecking order based on previous offices held and state population.