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After this background report by Kwame Holman, Margaret Warner talks with Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget. Then, Ray Suarez gets the Democratic perspective from North Dakota's Sen. Kent Conrad, ranking member of the budget committee…

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot discuss tax cuts and look ahead to tonight's speech by President Bush to a joint session of Congress.