21.   The legislature has promised to pass a supplemental budget that would include more state aid.

22.   The Pentagon review is expected to be completed in several weeks, and a supplemental budget request probably would follow a few weeks after that.

23.   The Republican leader has less at stake in the supplemental budget than the Democrats.

24.   To avoid an immediate tax hike, the government decided Friday to borrow the money needed for the supplemental budget.

25.   Koizumi stood by the emergency economic package announced by predecessor Yoshiro Mori last month, but said he did not believe a supplemental budget was needed to fund it.

26.   Mori has already ordered work on another supplemental budget.

27.   Obuchi has previously said he wants to carry out big permanent tax cuts and put together a supplemental budget later this year.

28.   Supporters counter that supplemental budgets can be passed to handle emergencies.

29.   The package is expected to include a call on the central bank to lower its key lending rate and a supplemental budget to boost domestic demand.

30.   The supplemental budget request is expected to be sent to Congress in the next day or two, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Thursday.