81.   That means there is then more room under the debt ceiling, and the government can borrow more moneyling goes up.

82.   The administration has a variety of options for keeping the federal government in business if the debt ceiling is reached, he said.

83.   The bill raising the debt ceiling would prevent the Treasury from shifting money from Social Security and other trust funds to pay bills after the borrowing limit was reached.

84.   The auctions, originally slated for last week, were delayed by the impasse over the debt ceiling.

85.   The battle in Washington over the budget and debt ceiling continues to weigh on the market, bolstering the prices of shorter-maturity issues.

86.   The continuing dispute between the Clinton administration and Congress over the budget and the federal debt ceiling also weighed on the dollar, traders said.

87.   The dollar was little changed as expectations the U.S. trade deficit is on the decline were offset by concern about the U.S. debt ceiling, traders said.

88.   The federal government probably will hit its debt ceiling in November.

89.   The House passed a bill Thursday that would give him what he needs, a bill to lift the debt ceiling.

90.   The impasse in Washington over budget proposals and extending the debt ceiling kept downward pressure on the long bond, while intermediate and shorter maturities were mostly higher.