11.   Both say they favor limits on spending for domestic programs.

12.   After all, the administration is cutting funds for many domestic programs, citing the war on terror as a justification.

13.   Allocations for other, domestic programs were also considered unacceptable by the White House.

14.   Bush delivers his address amid immense personal popularity that has not translated into support for his domestic programs.

15.   But Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Livingston has been blunt about his doubts that the House could pass such reductions in programs after three years of whittling away domestic programs.

16.   But Democrats hammered away at their theme that the tax cuts would come at the expense of Medicare and other domestic programs.

17.   But Daschle on Tuesday pointed out that while the president was dramatically increasing such defense spending, he was not making the same investment in domestic programs.

18.   But his heart was clearly with big defense spending and not with support for domestic programs like education, environmental protection or social justice.

19.   But Medicare and domestic programs generally should not be the sole targets.

20.   But most domestic programs, except for the military, already have been cut or frozen.