41.   Republicans are prepared to pass and send another stopgap spending bill to Clinton before the Friday deadline in order to keep all government operations running.

42.   Republicans argue that without the automatic provision, Clinton can veto any spending bill he dislikes and allow government operations to close down.

43.   Reviewing the list on Capitol Hill, Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle appealed to House Republicans to not to tie government operations to the budget negotiations.

44.   Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle appealed to House Republicans to not to tie government operations to the budget negotiations.

45.   Some of the hugest databases in the world are government operations like the Pentagon and the Internal Revenue Service.

46.   Supporters said the measure would assure continued government operations in the event a budget agreement cannot be reached.

47.   That could mean many government operations will be closed for some time, although Dole said he hoped for some sort of agreement today.

48.   That money would be released only if the administration agreed to a broader budget agreement, reining in spending on benefits as well as on government operations.

49.   That money has been used routinely by Republican and Democratic administrations to pay for all government operations.

50.   That shutdown ended after six days when the two sides agreed to pay for most government operations until this Friday while they hash out their fiscal differences.