21.   He says privately that he will see how the budget fight shakes out before he presses on with more.

22.   His approach would also protect those increases from annual budget fights by making the funds automatic entitlements under the IDEA.

23.   Historically, it has been easier to resolve budget fights when the economy has been strong.

24.   House Democrats also said that the Senate plan did not protect the proposed transit money from annual budget fights where the funds could be cut.

25.   If anything, they said, the budget fight has only convinced Southerners of the need to elect veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate.

26.   In budget fights over the past decade, decisions about the debt ceiling have gone down to the wire.

27.   In the last few years of budget fights, both President Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress preached fiscal restraint.

28.   In recent weeks, Republicans have made leaving Social Security surpluses alone a major goal of their budget fight with President Clinton.

29.   Kohl may have increased what chances he had when he crossed party lines to back the White House at a crucial point in the budget fight.

30.   Michigan delegation reacts to budget fight.