House and Senate members held the first of 20 public hearings, as lawmakers prepare to draw new district lines.

To keep the pressure on, lawmakers are preparing additional bills that would affect Japanese interests.

But his options for political survival still seemed to be narrowing as the lawmakers prepared to vote tomorrow on starting an impeachment.

But lawmakers are already preparing for the negotiations with the House.

By late evening, lawmakers were preparing for the printer the bill to increase taxes and raise the revenue to pay for their spending.

So the lawmakers, who are not getting paid anyway, are preparing to go home, thus bringing their work output into line with their pay intake.

Governors and lawmakers are now preparing to cut billions in spending in anticipation of a further decline in tax collections since Sept. 11.

The lawmakers are preparing to take up legislation to extend and overhaul the Superfund program.

And as the lawmakers were preparing to go home, it became increasingly about tax cuts.

In at least two states, lawmakers are preparing bills to change the way electoral votes are allocated.