One involves the improper acquisition of a rival's proprietary documents, and the other stems from a former top Air Force official's admission that she steered billions of dollars in contracts to Boeing before the company hired her.

During the 1980's, Wilson used his seat on a military appropriations subcommittee to steer billions of dollars in secret funding to the C.I.A. to funnel arms to the mujahedeen.

A chronicle, by a veteran producer for "60 Minutes," of a congressman's efforts in the 1980's to steer billions to the anti-Soviet side in Afghanistan.

During those years, he steered billions in federal public works spending into La Rioja.

Last week, she was sentenced to nine months in prison for having steered billions of dollars in Air Force contracts for four critical weapons systems to Boeing and for having overpaid the company as well.

Mr. Jiang courted capitalists and sought to foster a middle class, while steering billions of dollars in state funds to build roads, bridges, subways and ports in prosperous east coast cities.

That's because the oil-for-food bureaucracy headed by Benon Sevan let Saddam steer billions in banking and commercial business to Paris, Moscow and Damascus.

Mr. Spitzer repeated his campaign pledges to cut taxes by $6 billion and steer billions of dollars to public schools, transportation projects and job-creating programs.

He has steered billions of dollars to his district over the years, including more than $80 million in the defense spending bill passed Friday, according to a preliminary tally.

When he ran the committee for six years beginning in 1989, Mr. Byrd relished the job, arguably the most powerful post in the Senate apart from majority leader; the panel determines where the government steers billions of dollars in public works projects.