1.   A bipartisan tax bill will have to bridge big differences between the parties on capital gains tax cuts.

2.   An area certain to generate debate in the coming weeks is the exact size and shape of any tax cuts.

3.   And remember that Al Gore, a Tennessean, backed tax cuts last year.

4.   Bush rejected suggestions that his tax cuts favored the most wealthy.

5.   But he has not specified which government programs would be reduced to pay for the tax cuts and eliminate the deficit.

6.   But there is also widespread support for state or collective provision of welfare even over tax cuts.

7.   Clinton said Congress was cutting social programs too deeply to pay for the tax cuts.

8.   Congress hopes the tax cut will jump-start the economy.

9.   Critics argue that the tax cuts will only benefit large companies.

10.   Defense, education and tax cuts are tangible issues for Bush officials that they link to popular campaign promises.