21.   She said she preferred tying some of the tax cuts to continued progress in trimming the national debt, and ruled out supporting an even deeper tax cut.

22.   Two moderate Republicans in the Senate are reluctant to support a deeper tax reduction.

23.   While it contains less domestic spending and deeper tax cuts than President Clinton wants, it makes no fundamental changes in the shape or scope of government.

24.   With Republicans planning deeper tax cuts and less spending than Democrats prefer, the election-year battle lines were already clear.