71.   Far more likely and more responsible are smaller, targeted tax reductions to which President Clinton can agree and for which both parties can claim credit.

72.   Fear of being portrayed as putting tax cuts ahead of saving Social Security has left many Republicans wary until now of pushing for a big tax reduction.

73.   Giuliani declined to say on Saturday whether he would make other changes in his package of tax reductions.

74.   Gore called on Congress to finance new empowerment zones, urban areas that use tax reductions and other measures to promote job development.

75.   Gephardt said Democrats have proposed tax reductions, but not across the board.

76.   Gore reiterated his support for a variety of limited tax reductions, including the elimination of the marriage penalty for working couples.

77.   He also supports the targeted tax reductions proposed by the president for families with children.

78.   He has promised to match those tax reductions with spending cuts.

79.   He has said time and again that he would support a capital gains tax reduction targeted at the middle class if it were paid for.

80.   He renewed that pledge again Thursday, saying its tax reductions could end up jeopardizing needed funding for education, Medicare and debt relief.