1.   A speaker does not have to be a sitting member of the House.

2.   All the changes were in open seats while sitting members generally withstood challenges.

3.   But in races pitting incumbents against former incumbents, the odds for challengers jump sharply because they are often as well known and well financed as the sitting members.

4.   Curt Hebert Jr., the commission chairman and its sole sitting Republican member, was arguing for less intervention in the market, these officials said.

5.   I would narrow this judiciary to nine, having the chief justice, and perhaps some sitting members, rotate from year to year.

6.   Incumbency and Republicanism ruled the day as Gov. Tom Ridge, Sen. Arlen Specter, and virtually every sitting House member won.

7.   It has long been accused of refusing to act against a sitting member of the Senate under normal circumstances.

8.   It was that kind of day for Clinton as she completed a remarkable political journey, moving from first lady to a sitting member of the U.S. Congress.

9.   Meanwhile, Ken Bentsen becomes the third sitting member of Congress put out to political pasture by Morales.

10.   Molinari will be only the third sitting member of Congress in history to give birth.