51.   Clinton has yet to specify how he would allocate any surpluses but White House officials have been particularly wary of efforts by Republicans to pass big tax cuts.

52.   Continued gridlock in Washington will be likely, with neither big tax cuts nor big new spending programs on the horizon.

53.   Crippen noted Wednesday that the plan could leave both sides short of the money they need to pay for the big tax cuts and spending increases they are promising.

54.   Critics say the Dole team did not pay enough attention to ways to pay for the big tax cuts.

55.   Daschle wants aid for unemployed workers, and has been skeptical of a big tax cuts when the government is expected to run deficits.

56.   Democrats have charged that Bush is dipping into Social Security reserves to pay for a budget thrown out of whack by a big tax cut.

57.   Democrats have made it a central element of their economic agenda and a first line of defense against calls by Bush and other Democrats for a big tax cut.

58.   Dechert, however, said he feared Congress would make big tax cuts without cutting the federal budget, leaving the legacy of a large deficit to his children.

59.   Democrats said it is imprudent to lock in a big tax cut now when there is no assurance that the anticipated surpluses will materialize.

60.   Democrats blocked GOP attempts to overhaul the bankruptcy code, give big tax cuts to the wealthy or deregulate the electricity industry.