41.   And on the expenditure side, the financial package for implementing the pay commission recommendations went much beyond the budget projections.

42.   But both leading Republican candidates, U.S. Sen. John McCain and Texas Governor George Bush, have proposed large tax cuts based on budget surplus projections.

43.   But both leading Republican candidates, Sen. John McCain and Texas Governor George Bush, have proposed large tax cuts based on budget surplus projections.

44.   Democrats say the bill relies upon uncertain budget surplus projections and is too tilted toward high-income taxpayers.

45.   Disappointing national lottery sales and cash-strapped corporate sponsors were the main reasons for the lower budget projection, a spokesman for the organizers said.

46.   Gore sounded his fiscal-prudence note when reporters asked about new, even bigger budget surplus projections released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office.

47.   It also repeated budget projections the Clinton administration made last month.

48.   The Democrat plan, he said, unlike the Republican plan, specifically keeps excess Medicare funds out of budget projections.

49.   The Democrat plan, he said, unlike the Republican plan specifically keeps excess Medicare funds out of budget projections.

50.   The idea is to have a way out of the tax cuts if economic conditions or budget projections take a turn for the worse.