1.   Another would be to tap the federal employee thrift fund, he said.

2.   Enactment of a plan to recapitalize the thrift fund, known as the Savings Association Insurance Fund, would be good news for some members of the investment community.

3.   If agreement can be reached, the plan would provide some of the additional domestic spending that President Bill Clinton wants, while shoring up the ailing thrift fund.

4.   One sign of the change of heart can be found in Eurodollars, industry could play a role in bolstering the federal thrift deposit insurance fund.

5.   Previously, the bank trade group refused to acknowledge that there was a problem with the thrift fund.

6.   That could entail temporarily disinvesting from one or more federal employee retirement funds or tapping the federal employee thrift fund.

7.   The legislation would have recapatalized the thrift insurance fund, while providing banks with limited relief from federal regulations.

8.   The RTC named Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton as possible witnesses and beneficiaries of misspent thrift funds, sparking accusations of scandal.

9.   The thrift fund, called the SAIF, is seriously undercapitalized.