11.  Are we supposed to take comfort in the belief that Saddam Hussein will show more restraint than the Republican members of Congress?

12.  Armey said finding the right balance would be a main topic of discussion at the weekly lunch of Republican members.

13.  Another Republican member of the committee, Rep. Scott McInnis of Colorado, has introduced his own bill to end tax havens.

14.  As a rule, the senior Republican member of each committee automatically gets the chairmanship.

15.  As a result, his reach extends to every Republican member.

16.  As the third-ranking Republican member of the committee, Smith also voted against impeaching President Nixon, arguing that the evidence against him was not strong enough.

17.  At least two Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senators John Ashcroft of Missouri and Phil Gramm of Texas, repeated their support for Weld Wednesday.

18.  Ashcroft distributed copies of the letter to Republican members of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday in a meeting with Majority Leader Bob Dole.

19.  At the moment, Jeffords is still developing an agenda for the committee, in consultation with Lott and other Republican members.

20.  Before being appointed to the Office of Policy and Management, Mattiello was a Republican member of the Connecticut Assembly.