1.   A member of Congress inserts a short paragraph in a spending bill, ordering that money be spent on a certain program in a certain place.

2.   Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and House Speaker Newt Gingrich later conceded that they allowed a staff member to insert the provision into the budget bill.

3.   Bush said his administration was also going after thousands of programs that had been inserted by members of Congress to benefit their districts.

4.   A House staff member promptly inserted himself between the two men, both known for their tempers.