11.   Ackerman of the Western Power Trading Forum said the state had gotten the best rates it could under current market conditions.

12.   But Congress said that a state might get around that ban if it passed a new law that explicitly made legal immigrants eligible for benefits.

13.   But the bill also set a cap on how much money each state would get each year.

14.   But the state would get more for its money, he said, adding that Florida and California have taken similar routes.

15.   But when Sun Belt senators took a hard look, they bolted because their states currently get far less federal money than do Northern states.

16.   By law, the state gets the rest.

17.   Clinton assured governors today that states would get more flexibility in the way the new programs are administered.

18.   Coles said the city is reserving its right to contest whether the state as a whole is getting its fair share of the proposed national settlement.

19.   Connell said she hoped investors would take the vast scope of the borrowing as a sign that the state is getting its financial house in order.

20.   Davis, after saying for months that the state got a good deal that saved the day, has hedged his statements of late.