A joint conference committee must now meet to reconcile differences in the House and Senate passed versions of the Budget Resolution.
Republicans still hope to increase the tax cuts during the conference.
The vote comes just one week before American taxpayers are required to file their federal income tax returns for the year 2000. In this week's lesson you will learn about Bush's proposed tax cut, the Internal Revenue Service, and the history of taxation. Bush Tax Plan Start this week's lesson by learning an overview of the tax plan President Bush has proposed. You can find an overview of the key points of the plan at the Congressional Research Service . The first paragraph gives a summary of the report, after which the report goes into more detail.