31.   Uncle Sam is paying more because the Weld administration has aggressively gone after federal matching money whenever possible.

32.   Bush did not accept federal matching money, thus is not bound by spending limits.

33.   Forbes, dipping into his personal fortune to finance his campaign, also has rejected the matching money.

34.   Gore was more frugal, but accepted federal matching money that dramatically limits his spending.

35.   His sister and top adviser, Bay Buchanan, met with federal elections officials this week to determine whether he could earn matching money as a Reform Party candidate.

36.   In Washington, the inspector general investigated, concluding that states were pretending to spend billions of dollars for Medicaid to draw down inflated matching money from Washington.

37.   States must provide matching money to use the federal funds.

38.   Using an accounting gimmick, states were pretending to spend billions of dollars for Medicaid to draw down inflated matching money from Washington.

39.   Using an accounting gimmick, the states pretend to spend billions of dollars for Medicaid in order to draw inflated matching money from Washington.