71.  Congressional Democrats today unveiled their alternative tax proposals, which seek to redirect some of the tax cuts in the Republican plan to lower-income workers.

72.  Debate driven by the warring ambitions of Bob Dole, Phil Gramm and Newt Gingrich has brought the brutality of the Republican plan into full view.

73.  DeLay said he mentioned the Republican plan to Clinton on Thursday at a White House meeting.

74.  Democrats also expressed anger over Republican plans to rush their proposal through the House with only one day of hearings.

75.  Democrats argued during the debate that the Republican plan was geared primarily to the rich and would do little to aid small businesses and family farmers.

76.  Democrats replied that the Republican plan was built on assumptions about future surpluses that might never materialize, risking the return of budget deficits and higher interest rates.

77.  Democrats said the Republican plan risked a return to deficits by committing the country to sweeping tax cuts before the surpluses actually materialized.

78.  Democrats called for an emphasis on temporary measures to help unemployed and low-income workers, and said the Republican plan would dig the government into a deeper fiscal hole.

79.  Democrats said the Republican plan was proof that the tax cut pushed through Congress last year by Bush had been fiscally reckless.

80.  Democrats said the Republican plan would give tax cuts to the wealthy instead of struggling businesses.