11.   But rather than use the money to save federal programs or eliminate the deficit, he would fritter away the savings on tax subsidies for small business.

12.   But the Republicans say they are irrevocably committed to both goals, cutting taxes and eliminating the deficit.

13.   Clinton vetoed a balanced-budget plan passed by the last Congress, but agreed that eliminating the deficit should be the top domestic priority of his second term.

14.   Democratic and Republican negotiators last night finally finished ironing out minor differences that surfaced in the five-year plan to eliminate the deficit.

15.   Everyone who has studied the budget agrees that eliminating the deficit is impossible unless spending on these popular programs is brought under control.

16.   He noted, approvingly, that Schumer was one of the Democrats who voted for legislation that used tax increases and spending cuts to eliminate the deficit.

17.   He did not discuss how he planned to eliminate the deficit, as is required by the state constitution.

18.   He said Republicans will insist that the CBO projections be used to make it clear to investors that the nation is truly on the path to eliminating deficits.

19.   He would have to agree to a budget plan that would eliminate the deficit within seven years.

20.   In financial markets, however, the latest budget impasse undermined optimism that Congress and Clinton will agree on a plan to eliminate the deficit within seven years.