41.   Party leaders also plan to hold hearings on more radical change, such as a flat tax to replace the present graduated income tax.

42.   Party leaders also plan today or Friday to bring up the seven-year balanced-budget bill, which is separate from the temporary spending bill.

43.   Republican leaders plan tomorrow or Friday to bring up their separate legislation that would balance the budget in seven years.

44.   Republican leaders planned to meet Thursday to consider how to respond to the veto threats.

45.   Republican leaders also plan to push through the House Ways and Means Committee a bill to eliminate the estate tax over the next decade.

46.   Republican leaders have been planning to attach a reduction in the capital gains tax to legislation raising the minimum wage.

47.   Republican leaders plan final passage by the end of the week.

48.   Republican leaders plan to try to include a requirement that unions get written permission from members before they can use a portion of dues for political purposes.

49.   Republican Congressional leaders plan to extort political concessions as the price of meeting two budget deadlines next week.

50.   Republican leaders plan a final vote on the measure Tuesday.