11.   If lawmakers make reductions now, they can count the savings in two budget years.

12.   In each successive election cycle, lawmakers have been making it easier for U.S. citizens to cast their ballots.

13.   In his letter, Starr did have something to say about the conditions that needed to be met before lawmakers could make public the evidence.

14.   In another end-of-session tradition, top lawmakers made a raft of new proposals.

15.   In fact, lawmakers have made nine such budget adjustments during the past six sessions.

16.   In previous congressional probes into Clinton administration activities, lawmakers made wild charges on the basis of speculation and suspicion rather than hard facts.

17.   In the name of shielding industry from those who questioned food safety, lawmakers made it an actionable offense to bad-mouth vegetables.

18.   In the New York Legislature, lawmakers make far less than their top staff members.

19.   It would be the same move lawmakers made with the Board of Medical Examiners after repeated criticism for allowing bad doctors to escape discipline.

20.   Lawmakers made it clear that agency officials who blocked or misled internal investigators should be harshly dealt with.