Many say it will show how deeply partisan the business of Trenton has become.

The maneuvering begins an election year that is widely expected to be deeply partisan despite the unity over the war.

It is not rigid or deeply partisan, and its essence is to incline toward pro-business policies, tax cuts and limited government.

Justice Department headquarters has become deeply partisan.

"It very much reflects the deeply partisan perspective on campaign finance reform," Ms. Miller said of the findings.

By that stage, the crowd had shifted from a deeply partisan body into something more menacing.

The winner-take-all system, historians say, was a deeply partisan creation from the beginning, in the late 1700's, when the Federalists saw it as a means to retain power.

I doubt that any person undisturbed by deeply partisan passions would find the calls a reason to deny Mr. Clinton the status of a "true leader."

Almost six months ago, the Senate chose not to convict President Clinton of impeachment charges approved along deeply partisan lines by the House.

His greatest fear, Professor Amar continued, is a deeply partisan debate, which would be bad, he said, "for the process and the country."