11.   Beyond his tax cut package, he had no new proposals to excite voters or compete with the dozens of mini-programs tossed out daily by Clinton.

12.   Bob Dole tried to sidetrack the deft Democratic response to the Dole tax package.

13.   Brazilian stocks declined amid concern an Argentine tax package could fail to cut a budget deficit there and lead investors to pull out of the region.

14.   A critical handful of Democrats will endorse the tax package agreed to Tuesday.

15.   A modest tax reform package based on reduced marginal rates should have been a slam dunk.

16.   After months of partisan bickering, Clinton and House Speaker Dennis Hastert exchanged amiable letters on Wednesday, promising cooperation in hammering out a year-end tax relief package.

17.   After the publication of the lengthy list of all the possible increases, any tax package actually approved by the House is likely to appear restrained, by comparison.

18.   All the tax software packages and online services we tested allow filers to print out completed forms and send them to federal and state tax authorities by mail.

19.   Bush could be forced to listen and negotiate a better tax package.

20.   But even if they are adopted, the core of the tax package will remain rotten.