1.   Santorum said many Democrats deserted the bill last month when it became embroiled in the continuing budget debate.

2.   The budget debate ended in stalemate.

3.   The budget debate ended in a stalemate.

4.   Scuffles broke out between deputies, delaying what proved to be an angry budget debate.

5.   During the budget debate many deputies argued for heavier spending on public works projects to cut unemployment, rather than the introduction of measures to reduce the budget deficit.

6.   Although the budget debate is expected to consume at least one, perhaps two, months, all three lawmakers are working to get their proposals a hearing.

7.   Although some Republicans said early in the budget debate it would be good for bureaucrats to send them home without pay, by Tuesday that bravado evaporated.

8.   Analysts for both parties say the outcome of the current budget debate will depend largely on which party manages to define the fight in its own words.

9.   And after years of losing each such faceoff with President Clinton, the Republicans are fighting this fall to define the terms of the budget debate to their advantage.

10.   And in effect Democrats are measuring by feet and inches in the present budget debate, while Republicans are calculating by the metric system.