11.   Analysts said renewed optimism that U.S. Republican leaders and President Bill Clinton will agree on a budget plan before Christmas may have helped boost Canadian stocks.

12.   An agent in San Francisco, who asked not to be named, said the budget plans would appeal to the working families among her clientele.

13.   And both Republicans and conservative Democrats have reacted to news of his budget plans by criticizing him for cutting too little.

14.   An interview with GOP Rep. Steve LaTourette of Madison Village on why he voted against the House budget plan last week.

15.   Analysts said gold fell amid renewed optimism that U.S. Republican leaders and President Bill Clinton will agree on a budget plan before Christmas.

16.   Another issue is whether the budget plan will include a ballot measure to make it easier for voters to approve local sales tax increases to fund transportation projects.

17.   As a result, he said, this budget plan will set off another intense partisan battle over the role of government.

18.   As Rato was presenting the budget plan in congress, public-sector employees in Madrid and other Spanish cities were protesting the wage freeze.

19.   As Rato was presenting the budget plan in congress, public-sector employees in Madrid and other Spanish cities were protesting against the wage freeze.

20.   Aside from his tax proposal, the mayor hewed to a budget plan he first announced in January.