41.   But Gingrich said after the two-hour meeting at the White House that the president had agreed to offer a new budget proposal.

42.   But he said he would not accept any pay raise plan if it were offered in exchange for budget proposals that the Assembly Democrats found onerous.

43.   But his budget proposal for the Head Start program for disadvantaged pre-school children shows there is not enough money to cover thousands of eligible kids.

44.   But even if he does not prevail, his budget proposal allows Kasich, who is considered a presidential contender, to burnish his conservative credentials.

45.   But if the state budget proposal was not all that some city officials had hoped, it was certainly not all that others had feared.

46.   But if you want to see what they really think about young people, take a look at the fine print in their budget proposals.

47.   But in each case, Pataki will fall short of the specific goals he set in his original budget proposal and perhaps nowhere more than with welfare.

48.   But in his budget proposal, Pataki sought to back away from that agreement.

49.   But it marks the first time since Clinton outlined his own budget proposal in January that Republicans have responded with definitive proposals of their own.

50.   But it is unrealistic to blithely expect private philanthropy to expand radically and rapidly to fill the gap created by the House and Senate budget proposals.