Yet it is unlikely that the process, which involves billions of dollars, is monitored by more than a handful of citizens.

Both proceedings involve billions of dollars for the companies.

The scandal involved billions of dollars of illegal bids in the multitrillion-dollar Treasury market.

Pentagon officials later revealed that it was much broader, and could involve billions of dollars.

Some medical products never proven to be toxic, like Bendectin and silicone breast implants, have involved billions in settlements.

The case involves billions of dollars' worth of work in low-income city housing projects.

Some big things were shaping up for Aalaska- spectacular things involving billions of dollars.

But if what is left to fight about is marginal, it still involves billions of dollars.

The scandal involved billions of dollars of illegal bids placed at Treasury auctions.

Nobody knows what those auctions will yield, but there is no doubt they will involve billions, rather than millions, of dollars.