11.   Associates say Kemp opposed the proposed Social Security cuts both on ideological grounds and on the more obvious grounds of practical politics.

12.   At his news conference Tuesday, Brown complained of proposed Republican cuts to the drug-free schools and treatment programs.

13.   At the University of Wisconson students heard speakers like the black studies scholar Cornel West and Ralph Nader blast the proposed cuts.

14.   Big nursing home chains like Sun Healthcare Group of Albuquerque, Mew Mexico, and Atlanta-based Grancare Inc. are threatened by the proposed cuts.

15.   Both countries are above the limit now and face popular opposition to proposed spending cuts.

16.   A major lobbying group for big business and Wall Street gave its approval to the proposed cut in capital gains taxes.

17.   A proposed cut in life insurance premiums and the impending switch from the December to March futures contract also helped prices, traders said.

18.   A second area of proposed cuts is welfare.

19.   All the panels are conducting their reviews virtually in secret, which underscores the political risks of proposed cuts in military programs.

20.   But before that happens, representatives will consider a range of tax increases that would ease the proposed cuts.