1.   Each state receives equal representation in the U.S. Senate.

2.   Under a block grant approach, each state would receive a lump sum to be divided any way the state chose.

3.   Although the state has received more than three dozen complaints in Buffalo, it is unlikely to pursue that many cases.

4.   Because the amount of money the states receive under the settlement is linked to tobacco sales, the states lose money if tobacco firms do.

5.   A few states received permission in the Clinton administration to cover pregnant women.

6.   A dozen states have already received federal waivers to set time limits.

7.   All states will receive a share of the proceeds of a national settlement based on their population and estimates of state Medicaid costs of treating ill smokers.

8.   But in general, many Southern states have received a disproportionately small share of Ryan White funds.

9.   But many House and Senate Republicans oppose expanding the law, saying instead that states should receive greater federal assistance in combating and prosecuting crimes under the existing statute.

10.   But supporters of the plan maintained that the state would receive cash from the sale that could be used to pay off state debt and provide tax relief.