11.   By meeting federal laws, the nine counties now avoid possibly federal sanctions, such as forfeiture of highway funds.

12.   Company officials said they did not want Missouri to lose its highway funds.

13.   Eventually, proponents of the lower standard persuaded Congress and the Clinton administration last October to withhold highway funds to compel states to go along.

14.   Federal highway funds are already being withheld from the area because of air pollution, and the problem is beginning to hamper efforts to attract industry, Barnes said.

15.   Federal highway funds would be withheld if states do not enact cell phone bans.

16.   If the plans are deemed unacceptable, the U.S. EPA can impose stiff sanctions, including withholding federal highway funds or taking over the state permit system.

17.   It developed clean air plans only when it faced the loss of federal highway funds.

18.   It took political engineering to get Congress to approve the necessary federal highway funds.

19.   Kane MASSACHUSETTS -- TRANS. Massachusetts would be a winner under a new proposal unveiled today for highway funds.

20.   Rep. Steven C. LaTourette, R-Painesville, talks about how his proposal to redirect gas tax revenues to the highway fund could help his district.