1.   On average the advanced countries were in rough budget balance.

2.   And it is why Republicans are so eager to make certain you know the impetus for budget balance comes from them.

3.   And how is the Republican Congress responding to these pie-in-the-sky promises of budget balance in the next millennium?

4.   As a result, some spending cuts that could help balance the budget would be diverted to helping finance tax cuts.

5.   Brazilian stocks fell to a four-month low as investors grew pessimistic that Congress would slash spending anytime soon and balance the budget.

6.   But the rage now is to pay the insurance company beforehand, balance the budget and then cheer with no mixed emotions.

7.   Dole, who has already promised to cut taxes and balance the budget, did not affix a cost to his pledge.

8.   Fed officials have suggested a blueprint for budget balance would encourage them to cut interest rates again.

9.   Gramm said his program is designed to boost growth and jobs, cut taxes and balance the budget in his first term as president.

10.   However, other senior groups cited other polls showing support dwindled when recipients were asked if they would accept Medicare cuts in order the balance the budget.