81.   House and Senate leaders had made voting for the budget deal a test of loyalty for members.

82.   House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., said the Democrats would insist that the Congressional Budget Office certify any budget deal.

83.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has even declared that there might not be a budget deal until after the November election.

84.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today a balanced budget deal could be reached with the Clinton administration within the next two weeks.

85.   House leaders asserted the spending restriction was intended to keep up the pressure on Clinton to strike a budget deal.

86.   If he recognizes that the budget deal is at best of marginal value, he might stiffen his resolve to beat back the worst excesses of the Republican plans.

87.   If the Fed does act in the absence of a budget deal, it would signal that concern over slowing economic growth was paramount.

88.   If the committee cannot work out a budget deal, then the House Budget Committee would be given the task.

89.   If the Republicans then threaten to back out of the budget deal, so much the better.

90.   In fact, the road to a budget deal is a lot more complicated.