While several Republican lawmakers yesterday denounced the use of state funds to give Dr. Jeffries a platform, condemnation from Democrats was equally strong.

On Capitol Hill, protests against the Bush Administration's approach to Lithuania grew louder as lawmakers denounced the roundup of Lithuanian deserters.

One influential lawmaker denounced the regulators' revisions as inadequate, and called for tougher measures.

'Appalling,' Republican Says After the budget proposal was made public, Democratic and Republican lawmakers denounced the cuts, saying Mr. Reagan had often placed a major priority on drug abuse programs.

Even relationships among legislative colleagues have become strained as veteran lawmakers denounce a shift toward increased partisanship that is underscored, at times, by personal attacks among the lawmakers themselves.

In a sizzling daylong debate in June in the House of Representatives, one lawmaker after another denounced the entertainment industry.

Liberal lawmakers denounced the plan as an unfair sop to the rich, and House Democrats began to rally around a plan that reversed the burdens.

Russia's foreign and defense ministers demanded their immediate release, while lawmakers and others denounced Georgia with war-like rhetoric, saying the government should free the detainees by force, if necessary.

Republican lawmakers from the West denounced the pact, and aides to several Democratic Senators from Western states said their bosses were uncomfortable with it.

Newly elected lawmakers from Mr. López Obrador's party arrived en masse at the legislative building about 1 p.m., broke through one of the barricades, marched into the chamber and denounced the presence of the president's federal police.