51.   The spending package was approved by the House Tuesday and the Senate Wednesday and Clinton signed it into law Wednesday night.

52.   The spending package is expected to win final approval in the Senate.

53.   The spending package could face a rocky road to passage.

54.   The spending package is so enmeshed in wrangling between congressional leaders and the White House that it has little chance of being signed by President Clinton.

55.   The spending package was approved by the House Tuesday and the Senate Wednesday and is expected to be signed into law by President Clinton.

56.   Then, seemingly on cue, the government cobbles together a spending package, extends a deadline or rejiggers a regulation.

57.   Their options were either to accept the mammoth spending package or face a government shutdown.

58.   They say consumers may fear that the huge spending package will lead to bigger government deficits and tax increases.

59.   To pay for the new spending package, it must increase the amount of debt it issues every month.

60.   Traders said the large spending package is expected to benefit construction, housing and telecommunications companies that will likely receive big government orders.