21.   If the report concluded that the effort was faltering, the budget committees would have to propose some way to place the government back on track toward balance.

22.   In broadcast interviews on Sunday, the chairmen of the two budget committees that wrote and approved the measures appeared to be at loggerheads over the tax question.

23.   In both houses the budget committees have budget resolutions calling for an end to subsidies for graduate students.

24.   In anticipation of an agreement Thursday, the budget committees in both the House and the Senate scheduled meetings to start consideration of a budget resolution.

25.   In May, Gourley was called before a state Senate budget committee to explain why he had ordered agency staff to review records on motorists he suspected of misconduct.

26.   It passed on voice vote in the budget committee.

27.   It reports its estimate of future year deficits to the budget committees and the White House in the next several weeks.

28.   Known as the CBO, it reports to the Republican-led budget committees in Congress.

29.   Last Thursday, the legislature convened its first budget conference committee ever.

30.   Members of the budget committees were also invited to discuss the strategy of passing the tax cut through the Congress.