He proposed spending an additional $4.8 billion a year for child care, the same as under current law.

Both candidates have proposed spending more money on the health system.

His plan tonight proposed spending $5 billion, but did not say how much each parent would get.

President Clinton proposes spending $20 billion over five years to help defense workers find new jobs.

But no one has proposed spending the $20 billion or more it would cost to meet that goal.

The Mayor had already proposed spending $433 million in 1997 for school construction.

And in a separate program the Administration has also proposed spending an additional $1 billion over the next five years for similar programs.

The Bush administration has proposed spending $61 million in 2002 to add inspectors.

This year the President proposed spending $3.03 billion, a reduction of more than $900 million.

He proposed spending more than $20 billion on tax breaks for the middle class and the poor.

The Administration is also fighting to hold the line in other proposed spending by Congress, including the costs of trade legislation and proposals to combat drug abuse and trafficking.

The law required it, the companies promised it to regulators, then at the meeting, the proposed spending was voted down.

The Commission on State Finance estimates that revenues will fall short of proposed spending by as much as $11 billion.

Under Mr. Dinkins's new plan, the city would reduce proposed spending on the new social-service programs for homeless single adults from $145 million to $60 million.

That is an increase of 7.6 percent and would surpass proposed American spending by $1 billion.

The $5.65 billion figure, released last week by an assistant budget director, Gordon Frassinelli, represents proposed spending from the General Fund.

He wants budget tables to compare proposed spending only against current spending without an inflation adjustment.

Moreover, Senate rules now require that any proposed spending or tax measure be deficit-neutral.

It included proposals to increase the openness and professionalism of its operations, and greatly increased its proposed spending from US $8.27 million to $15.83 million.

Mr. McGreevey's proposal also compared his proposed spending with last year's budget proposal, rather than the actual expenditures, which were far lower.