21.   Some prized programs are faring better, fed by targeted funding bills.

22.   Strategy next shifted to an effort, reportedly led by Perry, to attach a voucher amendment to the school funding bill, which included pay raises for teachers.

23.   That is to attach Sterling Forest to the temporary funding bill that Congress must pass before it adjourns in order to keep the government going.

24.   The amendment approved Wednesday was attached to a Federal Aviation Administration funding bill which is expected to be approved by the full Congress within the next two weeks.

25.   The bill was intended to replace a temporary funding bill that expired at midnight Monday in Washington.

26.   The bill was intended to replace a temporary funding bill that expired at midnight in Washington Monday.

27.   The additional funds would be sought in the regular funding bill, he said.

28.   The administration and Congress remain at odds over a series of funding bills pending in the House or Senate.

29.   The confrontation over extension of the debt limit and a short-term funding bill was basically over proposed cutbacks in Medicare premiums that the Democrats found excessive.

30.   The deadlock shut down the government for a second time on Saturday after a funding bill expired Friday.