1.   Already, the administration has issued seven veto threats against spending bills working their way through the House and Senate.

2.   Although President Bill Clinton has issued no veto threat, he may refuse to sign it unless changes sought by Levitt, Daschle and others are made.

3.   Although President Clinton criticized the House tax cut proposal Wednesday, he stopped well short of a veto threat.

4.   And at this stage, a veto threat carries considerable weight.

5.   Any bill with the education provision faced a Democratic-led, bipartisan filibuster and a veto threat from the president.

6.   Any bill containing the schools provision faced a bipartisan Senate filibuster led by Democrats and a veto threat from Clinton.

7.   As labor and high tech fan out on the Hill to spin the poll results, tech execs are still trying to remove a White House veto threat.

8.   As the NATO veto threat suggests, Turkey can make itself felt in unexpected ways.

9.   Backed by a Bush veto threat, Daniels has been trying to put the brakes on spending.

10.   Before he spoke, a White House spokesman, Joe Lockhart, stopped just short of issuing a veto threat to the House.