81.   By laying out an ambitious tax overhaul plan, Bush grabbed for something that eluded his recent predecessors en route to being voted out of office.

82.   By excluding the EITC from the main tax bill, Democrats charged, Republicans were able to claim that their tax plan benefits the middle class.

83.   But White House officials have asked business executives to hold off for now, even while seeking their help to build public support for the tax plan.

84.   By the time the Senate Republicans finally sat down to work out a tax plan this week, the fight had shifted to another front.

85.   Chiefly, President Clinton has a better chance to shape the budget deal and to veto the Republican tax plan.

86.   Clinton and the Republican leadership can do voters a favor by putting their common spending and tax plans into law.

87.   Clinton has criticized Republican tax cut plans as just about as costly.

88.   Clinton proposed a tax plan of his own that is far better than the plans passed by the Republican-dominated House and Senate.

89.   Clearly upbeat and buoyed by the response that his tax plan and selection of Kemp as a running has received, Dole was as playful as he was serious.

90.   Clinton renewed the proposal, making it part of his tax relief plan.