Correction: May 11 , 2001 Friday Because of an editing error, a front-page article yesterday about House passage of a budget resolution misidentified one of the six Democrats who supported it.
Some members who favor such a tax voted against the amendment on grounds it was out of place as part of the budget resolution.
Correction: April 9 , 2001 Monday An article on Saturday about Senate passage of a budget resolution misstated the measure's allocation of a saving of some $450 billion.
On the other hand, this past week the administration and the Democratic Congressional leadership took the bold tactical step of putting health reform on a fast track by tentatively making it part of the budget resolution, the one form of legislation not susceptible to a Senate filibuster.
The House version of the budget resolution has authorized the use of reconciliation for health care reform; the Senate's has not.
The most important feature of the budget resolution is that it establishes the size of the tax cut in the Senate that under the rules will be protected against filibuster.
Ms. Pelosi's statement made clear that she would push for an economic stimulus initiative either as part of the bailout legislation or, more likely, as part of the budget resolution Congress must adopt before adjourning for the fall elections.
Mr. Hastert has had to waive longstanding House rules that call for tax cuts to be taken up after approval of a budget resolution, so Congress has not seen the specifics of where Mr. Bush wants to cut spending.
Conservative House Republicans have led the push to tie the dismantling of President Obama's health care law to the passage of a budget resolution.
The House version of the budget resolution also contains a long policy statement describing the importance of funding U.S. biomedical research, but it does not mention an increase in funding.
