1.   Congress instead is considering competing House and Senate bills to fund highway and mass transit programs for the next six years.

2.   Supporters said the bill would fund rollover-testing guidelines for trucks and airport safety measures and would strengthen state drunk-driving laws.

3.   Supporters said the bill funds necessary programs and the extra expenditures come at a time when the federal government has a surplus.

4.   Supporters said the bill sufficiently funds foreign aid initiatives.

5.   Supporters said the bill would fund rollover-testing guidelines for trucks and airport safety measures and would strengthen state drunk-driving programs.

6.   The emergency spending bill would primarily fund a relief effort for Central American victims of Hurricane Mitch.

7.   The issue came up because the bill funds the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees civil employees.

8.   The highway bill will fund highway and mass transit projects over the next six years.

9.   And the bill would fund habitat restoration projects.

10.   Other education bills would fund more computers for schools and train more teachers how to use them in the classroom.