31.   Had House Democrats been less united, it would have increased pressure on Democrats in the Senate, where the tax measure still lacks the votes.

32.   He conceded that a number of Senate Republicans will use the tax measure as an excuse to vote for the overall bill.

33.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia told reporters that he expects the full House to vote on the tax measure within two weeks and that it has wide support.

34.   In a brief statement, Volkswagen said that one-time costs as a result of German tax reform measures accounted for three-quarters of the decline in earnings.

35.   Instead, tax-writers from the House and Senate have offered to make mostly minor changes to their competing tax measures.

36.   Jeffords has generally supported the tax measure and has voted with Republicans on amendments where his vote was decisive.

37.   Kemp said Wednesday that the commission is entering the stage at which it will begin picking the best of several tax reform measures pending in Congress.

38.   Municipalities say they are getting battered about on all sides by tax reform measures these days.

39.   One of his political aides, asked if Dole intended to introduce a gas tax repeal measure on the Senate floor, said he did not know.

40.   Party leaders pushed the tax relief measure through both Houses in time for the opening of the Republican Convention next week.