How much is the budget plan for 2005?

The House passed a ＄2.4 trillion Republican budget plan last week that appears to back up increased education funding, though only in general terms, while excluding a Senate-passed measure to support a nearly ＄4 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program through one-time mandatory spending.
    The fiscal 2005 budget resolution passed 215-212 on March 25, largely along party lines. A report accompanying the resolution promises $ 2. 8 billion above fiscal 2004 levels for the discretionary budget category that covers the departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services.