So far this year, tax revenues are about $50 billion higher than the Administration had expected.

The groups said it would raise the $1 billion that the administration expects from its own plan.

But the huge trade deficit has persisted even longer than the Administration expected.

The administration does not expect Congress to offset the additional spending.

One city official said yesterday that the administration expected the $600 million cut to include around 5,000 layoffs.

The administration was expecting some answers from the general at that session, officials said.

The Administration does not expect serious opposition to its proposals initially, the officials said.

But they refused to say what the Administration expected, or even what it wanted, in return.

Does the administration expect foreign countries to put their citizens in harm's way while American corporations take control of the black gold?

By late next year, the administration expects that about 27,500 immigrants will be in detention each night.