21.   Even the housing groups are being careful not to slam the idea of a flatter tax system -- just the part pertaining to the home mortgage interest deduction.

22.   Finally, by prepaying the mortgage, you would be steadily reducing the amount of the home mortgage interest deduction that can be claimed on your income taxes.

23.   Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp this week proposed a single, unspecified tax rate that would preserve the home mortgage interest deduction.

24.   Given the pressure from homeowners, builders and real estate agents, how likely is Congress to take on a cut in mortgage interest deductions?

25.   Gramm and others argue that the mortgage interest deduction is too popular with middle-class families to discard.

26.   He would eliminate nearly all deductions, credits, exemptions and adjustments except the mortgage interest deduction and the exclusion from taxation of employer-provided health insurance.

27.   Home buyers count on the mortgage interest deduction in figuring out what they can afford to pay for a house.

28.   I saved our home mortgage deduction.

29.   If mortgage interest deductions are scuttled in the name of simplification, will house values plummet?