51.   Budget plans, then, do not save money.

52.   Bush also wanted to claim victory for the congressional passage of a budget plan with a tax cut only slightly smaller than the one he initially proposed.

53.   Bush intends to send his first budget plan to Congress in late February.

54.   Bush opened the news conference with an on-message statement about the budget plan he will pitch next Tuesday in his speech to Congress.

55.   Bush sent a general outline of his budget plans to Congress in February.

56.   Bush also wanted to claim victory for the congressional passage of a budget plan with a tax cut not all that much smaller than the one he initially proposed.

57.   Bush will tout his budget plan in his first address to Congress on Tuesday.

58.   But a look through the details of his budget plan shows that his definition of protecting the needy is somewhat narrower than the expansive vision he presents.

59.   But aides say he could push the brunt of the cuts into the later years of his budget plan, as the House panel did today.

60.   Bush said the furloughs forced the cancellation of weekend guard exercises until President Clinton and Congress agree on a budget plan.