He will be the only member of the group to see the day dawning and the disastrous retreat of the night wanderers, each an enigmatic letter in an imaginary alphabet.
The Democrats' letter became public the night before the House is scheduled to vote on an intelligence spending measure that includes a provision to expand the number of House and Senate members privy to the kind of secret briefing that Pelosi received.
Later on Wednesday night, Ms Banerjee reportedly faxed a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him to sack Mr Trivedi and withdraw the hike in railway fares, media reports said.
The two leading Senate co-sponsors of campaign finance legislation urged Bush in a letter Friday to promise in his State of the Union address Tuesday night that he would sign campaign finance legislation if it passes Congress this year.