1.   The first of these, omitted from the budget legislation because of failure to secure a consensus, established the conditions for the privatization of state industries.

2.   Any battle getting the budget legislation through the Senate spells bad news for financial markets.

3.   Archer noted that the House and Senate versions of the budget legislation would create a federal advisory panel to study the long-term financial problems of Medicare.

4.   A proposal to exempt such welfare recipients from the minimum wage is included in budget legislation moving through Congress this week.

5.   But like so many local and federal buildings across Washington on Tuesday, it was closed after Congress and President Clinton failed to reach agreement on budget legislation.

6.   But that rule was waived under procedures authorized by the Rules Committee last year when the budget legislation, on the earned income tax credit, was considered.

7.   CBO determines the financial soundness of congressional budget legislation, and Republicans want CBO figures as the budget baseline.

8.   Clinton is seeking cuts in the growth of Medicaid that are about one-third of those called for in the Republican budget legislation.

9.   Clinton is now embroiled in a much larger battle with Congress over budget legislation designed to reshape and shrink the federal government.

10.   Congress ordered the sale as part of budget legislation.