It is here that your modern legislators have gone deep into the negative series, and sunk even below their own nothing.

President Bush needs to help break the impasse on both issues, or legislators will go home covered with failure.

"The smart legislators are going to want to retain their solid policy people."

The legislators went to their own caucuses to discuss the deal.

The legislators went a long way to do so but in the end they could compromise no further without stripping the bill of its effectiveness.

What legislator is going to want to return home and have every other classroom shut?

He'll need a political cattle prod to get legislators to go along.

"Why shouldn't legislators have to go on the record on this most critical issue?"

"I just tend to think that individual legislators are going to advertise themselves."

"Each legislator is going to look at his district and decide how they are going to go," he said.