Debate began that day, but the budget war intervened.

The battle is far from over though, as CNN points out here in this article on the real budget war that's looming.

"Get your hands dirty," he advised the President, sensing a whole new front in the budget war.

Even as the meeting was getting under way this afternoon, the budget war continued on other fronts.

The Republicans' biggest failure in the budget wars was their inability to meet the spending limits of the 1997 law.

But the pace of other activity made it clear that however the budget war comes out, the 103d Congress is already a powerful legislative engine.

Easier said than done, say educators who are on the front lines of budget wars and teacher shortages - particularly during the current baby boom.

Public opinion polls show that the President's standing has improved as the budget war has dragged on.

The issue became the focal point in the annual budget wars.

Stuck 6,000 miles away in Washington to fight the budget wars, both finally returned to the state last weekend and began barnstorming.