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• Whatever else might be part of Democratic or Republican proposals for reining in U.S. spending and debt, voters overwhelmingly told a survey commissioned by the American Institute of Architects that they want the federal government to keep its hands off the federal income-tax deduction for mortgage interest.
• The survey, conducted earlier this month among 1,296 self-identified registered voters who were reached on both land lines and cell phones, found that nearly 70% want the deduction kept.
• The respondents also said the government should keep tax benefits for improving energy efficiency and should let homeowners take a deduction when they take a bath on a home sale.

From the article:

According to a national survey sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), nearly 70% of voters oppose repealing the mortgage interest tax deduction to cut the federal deficit. ...