81.   The president said he will sign it as soon as it reaches his desk, probably Friday.

82.   The president says he will veto the bill if it reaches his desk in its present form.

83.   The president is expected to sign the higher education bill as well when it reaches his desk.

84.   The president has been saying for weeks that if the education and environmental cuts were still in the bills when they reached his desk, he would veto.

85.   There certainly was angst when senators voted to approve a nursing-home bed tax and Perry said he would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

86.   They know that President Clinton will veto the bill if it ever reaches his desk.

87.   Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has already urged the president not to sign the bill if it ever reaches his desk.

88.   Tuesday, his spokesman, Joseph Conway, said only that the governor would review the legislation once it reaches his desk.

89.   Under current law, the president is required to either sign or veto in its entirety any legislation that reaches his desk.

90.   White House officials said the president would veto the GOP bill if it reaches his desk.