11.   But because Bush busted the voluntary spending cap, Bush had more than twice as much money as McCain.

12.   But Castleman declined to abide by the limits, saying the spending cap was artificially low and unfairly hampered challengers.

13.   But because the spending cap had forced NASA to push needed work on the project farther into the future, the overall cost is still growing.

14.   But essentially, because of state constitutional spending caps, lawmakers are likely to have more money than they can legally spend.

15.   But fiscal conservatives within the Republican Party criticized the GOP bill for exceeding spending caps approved last year.

16.   But legislative budget leaders already have warned that a constitutional spending cap will prevent them from spending a chunk of the money.

17.   But the lower federal courts backed Kruse and threw out the spending cap.

18.   But the main focus in Congress now is on the spending caps.

19.   But, Dole is approaching the federal spending cap, which may hurt him by the time he reaches California.

20.   Chances are that by the end of the year Congress and President Clinton will have broken the strict spending caps at the heart of the current budget law.