51.   In Nebraska and again in Iowa, he articulated his support for federal subsidies for ethanol, a position pretty far from the center of the budget debate.

52.   In Poland, presidential politics and a parliamentary budget debate overshadowed trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which was light.

53.   In the past two budget debates, the White House has been almost as divided as lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

54.   Investors are also waiting to see how the budget debate plays out on Capitol Hill.

55.   Investors are waiting to see how the budget debate plays out on Capitol Hill.

56.   Investors are watching the budget debate closely.

57.   Lugar did not address those broader questions, but instead focused on how farm programs will fare in the budget debate.

58.   Many economists had predicted the Fed would take no action on rates without some resolution of the budget debate in Washington.

59.   Medicare has become the focus of debate in the oratorical buildup to the genuinely historic federal budget debate that begins in the House and Senate this week.

60.   No one who has followed the budget debate would deny there is economic disarray in Washington.