71.   Gephardt would not say how he would pay for his either, but he promised to find some financing device that would not increase the federal deficit.

72.   Gephardt blames Bush, not the cost of fighting terrorism, for the return of federal deficits.

73.   GOP officials countered that federal deficit spending imposes a greater burden on the poor in the form of slow economic growth.

74.   Has the sudden return of federal deficits had an impact on long-term interest rates?

75.   He advocates free-enterprise economics and preaches the reduction of the federal deficit through deep cuts in federal programs and regulations.

76.   He curbed the federal deficits that had piled up over years of Republican presidents proclaiming devotion to fiscal conservatism.

77.   He decried House Speaker Newt Gingrich as a loose cannon, and one that is not willing to be aimed at red ink in the federal deficit.

78.   He cited the overhaul of the welfare system, tax cuts and the move from federal deficits to federal surpluses.

79.   He defended the tax increase at a news conference, saying it had helped reduce the federal deficit and improve the economy.

80.   He said it was vital that they work together to promote further economic recovery and continued cuts in the federal deficit.