Increasingly in recent days, Democrats have expressed fears about what an investigation of the issue ads might mean.

Democrats have expressed skepticism about the department's inability to bring cases to trial.

But the agency's two Democrats have expressed concerns about many aspects of the proposal.

Both moderate and progressive Democrats have expressed concerns about the bill.

Democrats expressed concern that the party itself could suffer damage if the vice president continued to fight.

Democrats and a few Republicans have expressed concern about the increase planned for 2005.

And Democrats expressed concern about whether poor children would be shortchanged.

But in the summer local budget experts and, eventually, several Democrats also expressed concern.

But Democrats expressed skepticism that it would ever get done.

Some Democrats expressed concerns that their leaders would not be aggressive enough.