21.   As the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has been responsible for coordinating the competing spending plans of the rival branches of the armed services.

22.   At a meeting Thursday, Pataki told Republican and Democratic leaders of the Legislature that they should quickly come to terms on a new spending plan.

23.   At an issues conference in Hot Springs, Va., Clinton urged House Democrats to help him press congressional Republicans to approve his spending plan.

24.   At the insistence of Zadornov, spending plans were trimmed back and revenue projections decreased.

25.   Bailey is chairman of the liberal Legislative Study Group, one of three House caucuses that said Friday they would not budge on their educational spending plan.

26.   Bank officials and economists will also be paying close attention to the portion of the survey concerning capital spending plans.

27.   Because Connecticut has a two-year budget, the second year of the budget cycle involves adjusting the spending plan, as opposed to drafting a new one.

28.   Bonds also benefited from news that the White House and congressional leaders reached agreement on a spending plan for the current fiscal year.

29.   Bond said he was not impressed with the array of spending plans Clinton laid out Thursday.

30.   -- The spending plan also includes incentives for people to teach.