21.   Before a morning cabinet meeting Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto vowed to compile an effective stimulus package for the economy.

22.   Bernstein and Mishel contend the GDP will not grow quickly enough to prevent unemployment without a substantial stimulus package.

23.   Berardi said he hoped a stimulus package would still be on the agenda when Congress returns in January.

24.   Bond investors are taking comfort in a government commitment to avoid new spending and cut its deficit, making an economic stimulus package unlikely anytime soon.

25.   - White House officials said Bush had decided to support an economic stimulus package with possible tax cuts for people and businesses.

26.   A host of pet projects to aid the economy are springing up on Capitol Hill, threatening to overwhelm the stimulus package.

27.   A nice stimulus package would be helpful, and the World Cup is a guaranteed monthlong marketing and merchandising bonanza.

28.   A stimulus package should be fair, temporary and quick-acting.

29.   A spokesman for Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., said lawmakers are trying to include the legislation as part of an overall economic stimulus package.

30.   A stimulus package would weigh on bonds if it meant the government would have to issue more debt to pay for new attempts to invigorate the economy.