1.   Investors say they expect more of the same this week if the budget controversy is still unresolved and the Kemp report turns out to be negative for munis.

2.   That is suggested by the numbers on the second hottest topic in the survey, which happens to be a component of the budget controversy.

3.   Officials say that when they were together in Florida recently, Bush thanked House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas for his restrained response to the budget controversy.

4.   The opposition leader was negotiating the budget controversy from his sick bed, Mendoza said.

5.   The dollar was little changed over-all, as operators hesitated to take new positions ahead of the Bundesbank meeting and as the US federal budget controversy continued.