11.   Other districts and municipalities have been pinched even more because of the freeze stemming from the impasse over the deficit reduction plan.

12.   President Clinton, in office only a few months, was struggling to pass his deficit reduction plan.

13.   Republicans in the House of Representatives threatened to keep the government closed until Clinton agrees to their deficit plan.

14.   Some congressional Republicans and Democrats have recently expressed optimism that they can agree with President Bill Clinton on a deficit reduction plan.

15.   The deficit cutting plan, crafted by President Bill Clinton and passed by Democrats in Congress, put most of the increased tax bite on high-income Americans.

16.   The deficit financing plan would give municipalities the authority to issue bonds to pay off a projected or cumulative general fund deficit without legislative action.

17.   The prospect of a government that depends on its minority partners to support unpopular budget cuts and deficit reduction plans deflated the recent euphoria among investors in Spanish markets.

18.   The prospect of a government that depends on its minority partners to support unpopular budget cuts and deficit reduction plans deflated the recent euphoria among investors.

19.   They accepted his deficit reduction plan even though they felt he had not fought hard enough for his defeated economic stimulus package.

20.   Traders and investors will keep demanding interest rate reductions next year, particularly if Congress and Clinton can craft the deficit reduction plan that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan advocates.