Many senators feared that passage of that amendment would doom the larger bill.

This declaration made several senators fear that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favor of tyranny.

Some senators fear that the State Education Department would be unable to fill the void and certify teachers by September if the board was eliminated.

The senators fear that if the insurance is made entirely voluntary, wealthier and healthier older Americans would drop the program, resulting in a loss of needed revenue.

Other measures followed, but many senators feared the Gracchises' policy and both brothers met violent deaths.

Rather, our senators fear losing favor with the electorate if they fail to demonstrate adherence to and evangelize "family values."

Apparently many senators fear, thanks to threatening and unseemly comments by Mr. Packwood, that the diaries implicate other members in indiscretions.

And many senators fear falling into what Stanley Greenberg, the President's pollster, described as "the Krueger model."

But some senators and analysts fear that further expansion would antagonize Russia or damage the prospects for arms control agreements with Moscow.

His fellow senators had feared an all-night session on the Senator's objections to a bill providing money for the arts.