1.   But since they have only a six-vote majority in the House, they have found it difficult to unite behind a single spending blueprint.

2.   Clinton signed off on details of the massive spending blueprint in recent days after it had gone through all the requisite channels.

3.   Davis is still preparing his spending blueprint.

4.   That could turn up political pressure on Republicans to make the spending blueprint more palatable to the administration.

5.   The Republicans have drawn a spending blueprint that has been passed by each chamber and is now being debated by a House-Senate conference committee.

6.   A provision forbidding federal funds from being used to make management changes at the corps was quietly tacked onto the spending blueprint for agricultural programs next year.

7.   Congressional Republicans have passed a spending blueprint that promises a balanced budget in seven years.

8.   The spending blueprint is the opening act in what will be months of wrangling in Congress.

9.   The Chamber of Deputies has already approved it, but would have to give the final go-ahead for the spending blueprint after Senate approval.