1.   In the past, administration officials insisted that the debt ceiling legislation must come with no strings.

2.   Clinton and Congress are locked in a dispute over social spending that has prevented both long-term debt ceiling legislation and funding for the four agencies.

3.   Clinton has objected to Congressional efforts to attach spending cuts on social programs to debt ceiling legislation.

4.   Clinton and Congress are locked in a dispute over social spending that has prevented both long-term debt ceiling legislation and funding for the four government agencies.