The result of the tax repeal, Mr. Giuliani said yesterday, was a loss of $500 million to $600 million a year for the city.

Without a change of heart by Mr. Hardwick, the tax repeal and the prospect for $170 million in new aid money appear dead.

Supporters of the tax repeal argue that the measure is unfair as it exists, since it gives the biggest breaks to the wealthy.

The major contenders proposed the tax repeal, and Republican and Democratic leaders responded to try to help their causes.

But when cuts in services were mentioned in conjunction, only 33 percent of those polled said they supported the tax repeal.

So the tax repeal - and the Senate - ground to a halt again.

Mr. Dole said the next Republican budget, to be sketched out on Wednesday, would propose a permanent tax repeal.

They put stickers highlighting the tax repeal on their old sales brochures, and designed new ones that stress the new tax.

The Republicans plan to meet in a party caucus before the meeting to discuss the tax repeal, party officials said.

"Until programs are repealed, Republicans will not vote for tax repeal," Mr. Haytaian said tonight.