1.   He would talk about what is going on in the budget battle, what is going on in the Medicare debate.

2.   Now, however, the Clinton administration does not have the funds due to its budget battle with the Republican-controlled Congress.

3.   Although the policy debates are loudest in the public sector, where open admissions policies and budget battles heighten the tension, private institutions have not escaped the problem.

4.   Although the mayor and Lincoln Center officials portrayed the commitment as firm, they were still working on a plan that would insulate the grant from yearly budget battles.

5.   An explanation for that is there was no consensus in the party about precisely how to frame the budget battle.

6.   And the markets never quite know how to measure the odd political dynamics of budget battles.

7.   And there is a federal budget battle that has a whole lot of lights burning late at the Treasury anyway.

8.   And the increase came despite the temporary closing of national parks for a total of three weeks as budget battles were waged in Washington early last year.

9.   As an adjunct to the budget battle, House leaders also hope to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid.

10.   As ever in the budget battle, each side is accusing the other of cooking the books.