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frames- [ARG1 About $ 490 million *U* of that] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel allocated] *-87 to [ARG2-to the buy-back] , [ARGM-ADV * leaving about $ 130 million *U*] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- The potential sales are nearly $ 9.3 million *U* , and House Majority Whip William Gray -LRB- D. , Pa . -RRB- began the bidding this year by *-1 proposing language that [ARG1 the quota] be [rel allocated] *-10 to [ARG2-to English-speaking countries of the Caribbean , such as Jamaica and Barbados] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the debt-equity program] , potential investors will submit sealed bids on the percentage of discount 0 they are willing *-2 to purchase the debt at *T*-1 , and [ARG1 the bids] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel allocated] *-202 [ARGM-MNR based on these discount offers] .
- [ARGM-LOC Within discretionary funds for community development grants] , [ARG1 more than $ 3.7 million *U*] is [rel allocated] *-1 to [ARG2-to six projects in Michigan , home state of a subcommittee chairman , Rep. Bob Traxler] .
- The 249-166 roll call came as the chamber approved [ARG0 a compromise bill] [rel allocating] [ARG1 $ 17.2 billion *U*] to [ARG2-to the departments of State , Justice , and Commerce] [ARGM-TMP in fiscal 1990] and imposing increased fees on business interests making filings with the government .
- Within the appropriations process , the situation is even more difficult since the costs will be counted *-1 against [ARG1 the share of funds] 0 *T*-4 to be [rel allocated] *-2 to [ARG2-to those subcommittees that *T*-3 recently have had the greatest difficulty in * staying within the budget] .
- [ARG1 An estimated $ 25.8 million *U*] is [rel allocated] *-1 [ARGM-PNC * to continue work in Oman] .
- [ARG0 Flexible portfolio funds] , which *T*-1 [rel allocate] [ARG1 investments] among [ARG2-among stocks , bonds and money-market instruments and other investments] , declined at about half the rate of stock funds -- an average drop of 1.27 % , according to Lipper .
- One sign of a possible easing of credit policy was the decision *ICH*-3 this week of [ARG0 People 's Bank of China , the central bank ,] * to [rel allocate] [ARG1 $ 5.4 billion *U* in short-term loans] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to pay farmers for the autumn harvest] , the official China Daily reported 0 *T*-2 .
- First , economists James Bennett and Thomas DiLorenzo find that GOP senators turn back roughly 10 % more of their [rel allocated] [ARG1 personal] staff budgets than Democrats do .
- [ARGM-DIS Finally] , [ARGM-ADV as * shown in the table] , [ARG0 Democrats] [rel allocate] [ARG1 a higher proportion of their personal staffs] to [ARG2-to district offices -- where local benefit-seeking duties matter more and national policy making activities matter less relative to Washington offices *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 More than $ 1.8 million *U*] is [rel allocated] *-1 for [ARG2-for pensions and expenses for former presidents] , and the budget for the official residence of Vice President Quayle is more than doubled *-2 , with $ 200,000 *U* designated *-3 for improvements to the property .
- But the pool of federal emergency-relief funds already is running *-1 low because of the heavy costs of * cleaning up Hurricane Hugo , and [ARG0 Congress] will be under pressure * to [rel allocate] [ARG1 more money] [ARGM-MNR quickly] .
- [ARGM-TMP In Hugo 's wake] , [ARG0 Congress] [rel allocated] [ARG1 $ 1.1 billion *U* in relief funds] , and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said 0 $ 273 million *U* of that money remains and could be diverted *-1 for quick expenditures related to the earthquake .
- But not because resources are going to their most efficient use , * leaving [ARG1 scarce goods] `` [rel allocated] *-2 to [ARG2-to those buyers who *T*-1 place the highest value on them] . ''
- [ARG1 An estimated $ 1.57 billion *U*] is [ARGM-MNR separately] [rel allocated] for [ARG2-for the National Science Foundation] , and within the Housing and Urban Development Department , more than $ 9.2 billion *U* is provided *-1 for federally assisted housing , including an expanded effort * to modernize public housing units that *T*-2 serve the poorest families .
- [ARG0 The U.S. , which *T*-1 is finalizing its steel-import quotas ,] is [rel allocating] [ARG1 a larger share of its steel market] to [ARG2-to developing and newly industrialized countries which *T*-2 have relatively unsubsidized steel industries] .
- Negotiators from the White House trade office will repeat these quota negotiations next year when [ARG0 they] will have [ARG1 another 1 %] of the U.S. steel market 0 * to [rel allocate] *T*-1 *T*-2 .
- Of the remaining 20 % needed * , [ARG0 the steel-quota negotiations] [rel allocate] [ARG1 about 15 % *T*-3] to [ARG2-to foreign suppliers] , [ARGM-ADV with the difference supplied *-4 mainly by Canada -- which *T*-2 is n't included *-1 in the quota program] .