51.   A few sticking points in the appropriations bills could drag the session out.

52.   A House Appropriations subcommittee is expected to take up this mischievous measure Thursday, with an eye toward adding it as a rider to the Treasury appropriations bill.

53.   A second attack against national monuments was already attached to the appropriations bill when it came out of committee.

54.   A number of appropriations bills have still not been passed, weeks after the deadline.

55.   A separate appropriations bill will actually set aside money for defense programs.

56.   After all, I live in a state that has not passed an appropriations bill on time since the Erie Canal was built.

57.   Aides to Graham said he might offer such legislation as an amendment to appropriations bills next month.

58.   Both would give him more power to block spending on pork-barrel projects and other special favors that Congress tucks into appropriations bills.

59.   Brock Evans, vice president of the National Audubon Society, was asked if he is sure Clinton will veto the appropriations bill.

60.   But a protracted debate and action on an unrelated appropriations bill ran past midnight, well beyond the time the House was scheduled to take up the telecommunications bill.