51.   They decided to move the stimulus bill only after days of internal debate.

52.   Top leaders of the House and Senate were discussing these and other issues last night under pressure by President Bush to produce an economic stimulus bill by Christmas.

53.   When a bitterly divided Congress failed to pass an economic stimulus bill last fall, many predicted that the recession would only get worse.

54.   With Alan Greenspan and others suggesting that the economic slump is easing up, the pressure to enact an economic stimulus bill started dwindling in December.

55.   But Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said it was the Republicans who were using obstructionist tactics by refusing to compromise on the outlines of a stimulus bill.

56.   High-tech companies, old-line manufacturers and commercial property owners could get generous new tax breaks as part of an economic stimulus bill heading into final negotiations.

57.   Stimulus bill could offer generous new tax breaks.

58.   The trip also gave Bush a new opportunity to prod the Senate into sending him an economic stimulus bill.

59.   The trip gave Bush a new opportunity to prod the Senate into sending him an economic stimulus bill.

60.   Congress adjourned for the year-end holidays without delivering a stimulus bill.