91.   The House vote on the debt ceiling will come when it passes its package to balance the federal budget in seven years.

92.   The language would allow an increase in the debt ceiling to be included in the final agreement with the Senate on an anti-terrorism package.

93.   The money in those accounts is tallied against the debt ceiling.

94.   The leaders discussed the possibility of a short-term debt ceiling increase that might permit continued federal borrowing through early December, the House speaker said.

95.   The new borrowing agency circumvents a New York City debt ceiling and allows it to continue its capital spending program for repairs to roads, bridges and schools.

96.   The move is a preparatory step, as the government will reach the current debt ceiling about late October.

97.   The president refused and also vetoed an extension of the debt ceiling that was also filled with riders.

98.   The possibility of a crisis over the debt ceiling is only one provision of many in the proposed amendment that alarm those and other critics.

99.   The Senate plans to take up Thursday the bill extending the debt ceiling.

100.   The short-term increase in the debt ceiling that Congress passed last week would prohibit such juggling of accounts.