81.   If Bush wins the Republican race, ignoring the spending caps also would give him unprecedented freedom to spend money early to prepare for the general election.

82.   If ultimately elected, Florio said his first priority would be to rewrite the laws and add a spending cap on congressional elections.

83.   In order to receive the public money, candidates would not be allowed to exceed the spending caps.

84.   Last year, Republicans abandoned the spending caps after finding they lacked the votes to support them.

85.   McCain, who is accepting federal help for his campaign, must adhere to state spending caps.

86.   Most notably, he imposed a spending cap symbolizing his desire to break with the pork-barrel politics for which his party is notorious.

87.   Sciarra also took issue with the addition of spending caps in the Assembly bill.

88.   Sullivan and Jepsen said they may be willing to change the provisions of their plan and tinker with the spending caps.

89.   States such as Texas, Michigan and Kentucky have resorted to various forms of spending caps in an attempt to ensure equity.

90.   Some officials said Clinton might propose extending the spending caps for several more years.