Governor Whitman is expected to sign the budget legislation this week.

Even with the new budget legislation, the national debt would grow by $1 trillion over the next five years.

President Clinton has promised to veto the overall budget legislation over issues that have nothing to do with the dairy industry.

The budget legislation passed on what was essentially a party-line vote, 235 to 192.

They threatened to block passage of the budget legislation if their demands were not met.

The two chambers are now trying to work out differences in the budget legislation.

The failure of a committee to produce budget legislation is extremely rare, although not unprecedented.

In the meantime, Congress will continue to try to pass budget legislation meeting the deficit target.

The House has twice approved the death penalty for drug crimes, but not in its version of the budget legislation.

The attack on the environment has been carried over into budget legislation.