81.   The legislation also includes the rebate checks and some business items similar to the House bill, but not the capital gains reduction or the alternative minimum tax repeal.

82.   The rollback could be achieved by mailing rebate checks to taxpayers or temporarily reducing the amount withheld from paychecks, said the aide.

83.   There is some thought that the federal tax rebate checks which begin arriving in investor mailboxes this week could help.

84.   While consumers are beginning to spend their tax rebate checks, the retailers who benefited the most were discounters and lower-priced merchants.

85.   While consumers are beginning to spend their tax rebate checks, the figures suggested that discounters and lower-priced merchants are most likely to benefit.

86.   Some lawmakers thought the measure, which included rebates checks sent out to taxpayers last year, was excessive, Bush said.