...Lingle and White House administrators are telling Republican Congress members that Lingle wants to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and passing the Akaka bill would cinch the deal with Hawaii voters. Republicans in Congress are being told if they want one of Hawaii’s U.S. Senators to be a Republican after either U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye or U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka leave office, they’d better vote for the passage of the Akaka Bill.