11.   Clinton is expected to make final decisions by the end of his month on his annual budget request, due to Congress by early February.

12.   Clinton proposed abolishing the program last year in his budget request to Congress.

13.   Clinton, in his formal budget request submitted in March, sought several billion dollars in additional spending for his domestic priorities.

14.   Clinton is expected to make final decisions by the end of this month on his annual budget request, due to Congress by early February.

15.   Congressional hearings about the Pentagon budget request begin tomorrow.

16.   Congressional aides said they were perplexed by the budget request for farm programs.

17.   Daniels said that the administration would reassess its budget needs next year and work with Congress then to come up with new budget requests, if necessary.

18.   Democratic and Republican lawmakers predicted that Bush would seek additional money for New York in January when he submits his annual budget request to Congress.

19.   Each effort, however modest by itself, is designed to show that the agency under his guidance is aggressive, streamlined and worthy of the budget request.

20.   Every year, the president submits his budget requests to Congress in January and February.