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CONGRESS SENT to Reagan a $370 billion catchall spending bill.</br></br>Passage of the stopgap measure for the year that began Oct. 1 was one of the last obstacles to Congress's adjournment. The other hurdle, a House-passed bill to raise the federal borrowing limit, was pending in the Senate last evening. The spending bill consists mostly of the military budget. It calls for total military appropriations of about $292 billion, about 11% more than a year earlier.</br></br>Late last night, the Senate bogged down over a real estate tax issue in its attempt to approve the debt-ceiling bill. A compromise on the owner-financing measure paved the way for clearing the debt-ceiling boost and adjournment.</br></br>---</br></br>BUSH AND FERRARO SQUARED OFF in a vice presidential debate.