1.   An Indiana Republican and the seventh most senior Republican senator, Lugar said he did not believe such speculation.

2.   And Orrin Hatch, senior senator from the parched state of Utah, has introduced a bill that would allow federal courts to prosecute offenders.

3.   And the senior senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, is doing his best to block the bill.

4.   And they have feuded with a host of local officials, including the Democratic senior senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who is retiring next year.

5.   Are they a little bit intimidated when they meet the senior senator from Connecticut?

6.   As chairman of the Texas Senate Finance committee and as a senior senator, Perry said Ratliff is a key player in helping shape the future of Texas.

7.   As the senior senator from New Jersey, he would have a better chance at getting a seat than Corzine.

8.   At the same time, the senior senator from the Lone Star State, Phil Gramm, should have heard his alarm clock go off.

9.   --- Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco, is senior U.S. senator from California.

10.   A friend says it is the senior senator from the same party and I say the secretary of state.