1.   Administration officials would like Japan to increase government spending and cut taxes, Koss said.

2.   Both houses then must pass separate reconciliation bills to balance the budget and cut taxes before a compromise version can be voted on.

3.   But few of them worry much about it, and most people would rather have the government spend money on popular programs than cut taxes.

4.   Enamored of the supply-side fantasy, Reagan really believed we could double military spending, cut taxes dramatically for top brackets and still balance the budget.

5.   Gramm said his program is designed to boost growth and jobs, cut taxes and balance the budget in his first term as president.

6.   Harris ran on a campaign promise to cut spending, cut taxes and reduce welfare, and he did it, Rhodes said.

7.   Hastert said his priorities were to overhaul Social Security, cut taxes, improve education and strengthen the military.

8.   I personally believe that it is more credible if you balance the budget first and then cut taxes, but you can do it either way.

9.   Republican congressional leaders called on President Bill Clinton to re-submit his proposed tax package, saying the measure would actually raise rather than cut taxes.

10.   Republican congressional leaders called on President Bill Clinton to revise and re-submit his proposed tax package, saying the existing measure would actually raise rather than cut taxes.