The chief whip said Morley's suspension did not impute guilt.

"The whip," Falcone said, his voice weak.

"I'd have to say the odds are with them," the Republican whip said in an interview.

He died after heart bypass surgery, said the party's chief whip, Frank le Roux.

Morley today met the chief whip, Nick Brown, to say he would stand down from the party and put his case in front of the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

It has amounted to a "slush fund" for the mayor, said the Council's majority whip, Leroy Comrie, at a news conference yesterday afternoon.

The whip says, 'but you must pay for'".

The Republican whip, Newt Gingrich, said on national television that "another 9 or 10" House Democrats would be found to have broken ethics rules.

The Republican whip said the president should follow the example of Nancy Reagan's efforts against drugs.

"Apple or whip," Brian said in a tight voice.