21.   And lawmakers passed a temporary spending measure even as progress in budget talks seemed to falter.

22.   Another would be to create a transitional government, with the special privileges for the military agreed by the convention made only a temporary measure.

23.   As another option, the Republican Congress could also once again pass a temporary spending measure of extremely limited duration.

24.   Assist pumps were first developed as a temporary measure to keep people with advanced heart failure or other severe cardiac problems alive while they waited for heart transplants.

25.   At best, it may take temporary measures to relocate the families, the officials said.

26.   Both sides have conceded they may have to approve another temporary measure to keep the government open and avoid the third partial federal government shutdown in five months.

27.   Both sides sounded optimistic that a deal could be reached by midnight Wednesday when the latest in a series of temporary spending measures expires.

28.   A previous temporary spending measure expired Monday.

29.   A previous temporary measure to keep government offices open expired Monday.

30.   A temporary funding measure -- tied to the budget talks as well as a half-dozen unresolved federal spending bills -- expires at midnight Friday.