101.   Public opinion polls have consistently shown more Americans blaming Republicans than Democrats for the budget impasse.

102.   Rates rose today as traders concluded that the budget impasse would probably keep the Fed on hold, Fitzgibbon said.

103.   Republicans erred by including the Medicare program in initial measures designed to resolve the budget impasse with President Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said.

104.   Rylander can help grease a solution to a budget impasse by enlarging her budget estimate.

105.   Recent shutdowns of Big Bend National Park caused by federal budget impasses in Washington not only frustrated thousands of visitors but briefly imperiled the endangered Big Bend mosquito fish.

106.   Signs of a compromise over the federal budget impasse also lifted the market, analysts said.

107.   Some Republicans noted that the president was gaining more public support, and that they needed to soften their tone in remarks about the budget impasse.

108.   Some Republicans described White House officials as disappointed that a budget impasse between Gilmore and Republican leaders of the General Assembly soured the political climate for Earley.

109.   So the president and his allies in Congress are happy to see the budget impasse stretch out.

110.   State workers are being paid because of previous court decisions declaring it unfair to withhold their pay during budget impasses.