71.   To start with, spending caps would mean less money to spend on advertisements of any kind.

72.   Under the bill, inviolate spending caps and sunset provisions for most all federal programs also would require Congress to justify all outlays as part of the budget process.

73.   When calling for spending caps, conservatives prefer to lump the two together.

74.   With deficits now but a memory and surpluses piling up, though, neither party seems inclined to make an issue of the spending caps.

75.   Parke Skelton, a campaign consultant for Villaraigosa, said he anticipated the spending cap would be lifted, but thought it would happen later in the race.

76.   Analysts said the government is on track to show a declining deficit this year, due to the improved economy and spending caps that have held outlays down.

77.   Analysts said the government is still on track to show a declining deficit this year, due to the improved economy and spending caps that have held outlays down.

78.   Boosting the spending caps could give Clinton a political edge over Republicans.

79.   Both bills would impose spending caps for candidates.

80.   Campaign spending caps have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, and Republican leaders blasted the proposal as an infringement on the First Amendment.