21.   The compromise contained spending increases for hiring teachers, repairing schools, biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health, and other programs.

22.   The House version pared Clinton proposals for hiring teachers, expanding Head Start and some health programs for the poor.

23.   The White House has said President Clinton will veto the bill because the measure provides less than he has proposed for hiring teachers, social services and other programs.

24.   This year, Clinton wants several billion dollars more than Congress has so far provided for hiring teachers and police officers, foreign aid and other programs.

25.   Veto threat because of cuts in Clinton plans for hiring teachers, workplace safety, other programs.

26.   The government, facing an acute shortage of college professors, has eased ideological requirements for hiring teachers in recent years.