1.   President Bush signed the measure the following day.

2.   Allen has not indicated whether he will sign the measures, which will expire on Monday if he does not sign them.

3.   An aide said the governor is inclined to sign the measure.

4.   And governors Weld of Massachusetts and Lincoln Almond of Rhode Island are expected to sign similar measures, possibly this week.

5.   Arthur, a New York machine politician and a practitioner of the spoils system, signed the measure without enthusiasm.

6.   Both measures were signed by President Clinton.

7.   A spokeswoman for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who helped negotiate the compromise, said President Bill Clinton would sign the measure.

8.   Administration officials say Bush cannot sign the measure if it includes a Senate provision that would bar changes in American anti-dumping laws.

9.   Aides to Brown stopped short of promising today that he would sign the measure, saying he would have to study it.

10.   Bush plans to sign the measure on Monday, just a few days before the busiest traveling season of the year.