1.   Finally, hearings had to be scheduled to try to resolve the matter.

2.   A grand jury hearing has yet to be scheduled.

3.   But the Senate hearings have a broader purpose than simply exposing IRS sins.

4.   From the beginning, Tauzin made it clear that this hearing has a political angle.

5.   He has threatened that any Banking Committee hearings would have a wider scope.

6.   Hearings will probably have to wait until the summer.

7.   Hill County District Attorney Dan Dent said a competency hearing has yet to be set for Singleton on the state charges.

8.   His Friday hearing may have to be postponed because his attorney is preparing to resign from the case, according to Montgomery County Prosecutor Matt Heck.

9.   Indeed, a congressional hearing has a peculiar dynamic.

10.   Others in the administration insisted that the grand jury hearings had nothing to do with the appointments of the companies.