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 The fiscal 1989 budget deficit figure came out Friday.
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 It was down a little.
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 The next time you hear a Member of Congress moan about the deficit,
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 The Senate, 84-6, voted to increase to $124,000 the ceiling on insured mortgages from the FHA, 
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which lost $4.2 billion in loan defaults last year.
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 Then, by voice vote, the Senate voted a pork-barrel bill,
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for domestic military construction.
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 Compare the Bush request to what the Senators gave themselves: 
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 For construction in West Virginia, Mr. Bush requested $4.5 million; 
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Congress gave Senator Byrd's state $21.5 million.
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 Senator Byrd is chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
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 For Iowa, a $1.8 million request became $12 million for Senator Grassley, ranking minority member of a military construction subcommittee. 
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Rep. Jamie Whitten of Mississippi and chairman of House Appropriations turned a $20 million Bush request for his state into a $49.7 million bequest.
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 Senator Sasser of Tennessee is chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on military construction; 
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Mr. Bush's $87 million request for Tennessee increased to $109 million.
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someone should remember this time next year,
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we've seen the peak of military construction spending for many years to come.
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 Tell us about spending restraint.
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 Tell us about the HUD scandals.
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 Tell us what measure, short of house arrest, will get this Congress under control.
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