41.   Chiefly, the two sides are at odds over how many years it should take to erase the U.S. federal deficit.

42.   Clinton asked the lawmakers to come up with a proposal for the tax credit that would not increase the federal deficit.

43.   Clinton and his aides stressed that the proposal is structured to prevent the program from raising the cost to taxpayer or increasing the federal deficit.

44.   Clinton argued that the GOP proposal would reverse a four-year trend of lower federal deficits.

45.   Clinton reiterated his concern that the Republican agenda will increase the federal deficit.

46.   Clinton and leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress agree Medicare spending must be slowed to prevent costs from ballooning the federal deficit.

47.   Congress is currently considering whether to auction off the frequencies and using the proceeds to reduce the federal deficit.

48.   Congressional Republicans have threatened to refuse to raise the national debt limit unless the Clinton administration agrees to their agenda for cutting the federal deficit.

49.   Concerns about future federal deficit problems were absent today on financial markets as stock indices surged to records.

50.   Congress is under increasing pressure to cut the federal deficit.