21.   At issue today were the two sets of numbers the administration and Congress are using in their respective budget plans.

22.   Assuming negotiators can agree on a budget plan, an outcome most traders expect, the dollar can rise significantly, market participants said.

23.   Bay Area lawmakers react to passage of the Republican budget plan.

24.   Bonds earlier rose amid optimism the two sides would soon agree on a budget plan.

25.   Both also adopted many of the cuts Davis proposed in May to balance his budget plan.

26.   Both houses of Congress have voted budget plans that call for abolishing Commerce -- shutting down some of its programs and shifting others to different agencies.

27.   Both the House and Senate budget plans envision steep cuts.

28.   -- Dole seems to be opposing a tax cut in the budget plan under negotiations between the House and Senate.

29.   A balanced federal budget plan.

30.   A budget plan offered by conservative Democrats, including Alabama Reps. Glen Browder and Bud Cramer, will be the first debated Wednesday.