1.   As a result, the new administration was ready to sell its tax plan as an economic stimulus plan when it became clear that the long expansion was faltering.

2.   Brady bonds rose for a third day after a Japanese economic stimulus plan prompted a rebound in Asian stocks and currencies.

3.   A bipartisan group of Senate moderates offered a compromise economic stimulus plan Wednesday after Republicans blocked a Democratic version on the Senate floor.

4.   A feeble fiscal stimulus plan would put the central bank under more pressure to lower rates to provide a boost to the economy, traders said.

5.   Bush underlings wanted Daschle to rubber-stamp their version of a stimulus plan and pass it forthwith.

6.   But he said some form of corporate AMT reform would be needed if the stimulus plan were to include other business tax breaks that both parties agree to.

7.   Congress this week adjourned for Thanksgiving without approving a stimulus plan.

8.   Daschle agreed with the Republican idea that all taxpayers should get some relief under the stimulus plan.

9.   Daschle later said in an interview that the revised House Republican stimulus plan would never pass the Senate.

10.   Democrats charge that a House GOP economic stimulus plan expected to pass along party lines this week would go too far.