He also said that lawmakers would hold hearings next week on the audit findings.

Many lawmakers mistakenly hold Somalia up an example of how American soldiers can fall victim to foreign commanders.

But not all lawmakers hold this view.

The committee is to resume its work when lawmakers return next month and could hold its first public hearing.

And it is true that tobacco-state lawmakers, many with years of seniority, hold enormous political power in Congress.

For decades, regulators and lawmakers have held that the special quality of broadcasting and telephone companies requires specific limits on their growth.

Republican lawmakers, wary of alienating an important voting block before an election, held back from further action.

While the debate went on, lawmakers in both parties held caucuses to figure out how best to work out financing of a drug plan.

So far, lawmakers have held four meetings.