51.   But to the dismay of small business owners and workers, it was dropped at the last minute from the economic stimulus package that Congress passed this month.

52.   But they also made clear that they would fight any effort to turn the stimulus package into a new round of Republican tax cuts.

53.   Central bankers are preparing to trim the discount rate along with the release of the stimulus package later this month, Kyodo News Service said last night.

54.   Clinton said Japan should introduce another stimulus package before it compiles a supplementary budget for the remainder of this fiscal year, the paper reported.

55.   Congressional Democrats differ with the president on just what kind of stimulus package is needed.

56.   Conservatives hope Daschle will feel pressured into giving in on the Republican-approved House stimulus package, which relies heavily on corporate tax breaks.

57.   Congress and the administration are preparing stimulus packages.

58.   Congress and the president have thus far found no common ground on a stimulus package that would spur the economy in the short term.

59.   Congress could take some of the pressure off Greenspan by drafting a reasonable stimulus package.

60.   Congress is debating an economic stimulus package including business and consumer tax cuts and expanded health and unemployment benefits.