51.   ------ McCain was given the chance to ask Gov. Bush about the differences between their two proposed tax cut plans.

52.   After the monthly cut plan failed, Suthep changed his position.

53.   Amoush told a news conference the job cut plan was presented to the Cabinet for approval.

54.   Bush said his tax cut plan is fair because it would go to all Americans and smart because it would help the economy.

55.   Bush was far from ceding the issue, arguing his tax cut plan would spark the economy.

56.   Clinton and Gore call the GOP tax cut plan irresponsible because, they claim, it would spend all the projected budget surplus over the coming decade.

57.   Current frontrunner George W. Bush has proposed a tax cut plan that is even more ambitious than the GOP plan defeated last year.

58.   He also said GOP tax cut plans, vetoed by Clinton, would have eroded the surplus.

59.   He promoted his tax cut plan later Tuesday at a community center in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood.

60.   He was promoting his tax cut plan later Tuesday at a civic center in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood.