41.   Hatch declined to identify the alternative revenue sources he was exploring to possibly fund the program.

42.   He said the gold sales could be converted to interest-bearing investments that could fund IMF programs for developing regions.

43.   In addition, Dellums is also banking on contributions from pharmaceutical companies, which he hopes may pressure Congress to fund the program.

44.   In a statement, McCaffrey reasserted his opposition to needle-exchange programs, saying the government would be condoning drug use if it funded these programs.

45.   In Rhode Island, Republican Governor Lincoln Almond would put the money in the general fund, giving him leeway to fund existing programs.

46.   It does not prevent the legislature from allowing towns to fund programs above and beyond the minimum.

47.   It is building an endowment to fund programs for women and girls.

48.   It takes what amounts to a sanctioning fee before expenses from host schools, many of whom struggle to fund athletics programs.

49.   Jeffords, who left his party in part because Republicans refused to fully fund special education programs, also attended the meeting.

50.   Key Republicans urged Congress Tuesday to repeal a government fee levied on phone companies that currently funds a program to lower Internet access costs for schools and libraries.