1.   He did not raise the ceiling on mortgage-interest relief, which Mrs Thatcher had pressed him to do.

2.   I do not believe that the Commissioners justified their proposal to raise the ceiling.

3.   And the bill only slightly raises the ceiling on regulations concerning media and broadcast ownership, although the FCC is considering changes here too.

4.   And that has meant periodic votes were needed to raise the ceiling.

5.   As a minority, Republicans were always outmaneuvered in their efforts to make the debt limit a major crisis, but they did consistently vote against raising the ceiling.

6.   ARM-splitting could raise the ceiling at which investors feel comfortable buying ARM bonds, Dektar said.

7.   As long as the federal budget runs a deficit every year, Congress has no alternative but to raise the ceiling when necessary to meet financial obligations.

8.   At a White House briefing earlier, Rubin renewed a warning on his major concern, the need for Congress to raise the ceiling on U.S. borrowing.

9.   Bank shares, which have long lagged the market, soared on hopes that foreign investors would buy them when the investment ceiling is raised.

10.   But the senators have to be careful not to raise these ceilings in such a wanton way that soft money is effectively legalized by being relabeled.