11.   Gov. Bill Graves had said he would ask legislators to increase the budget of KU Medical Center to help create an alliance with Menninger.

12.   He could increase the budget next summer, when veterans like Mark Messier of the Rangers become unrestricted free agents.

13.   He plans to ask Congress to increase the budget at an even faster pace.

14.   It is no coincidence, Atwood said, that the administration is seeking to slightly increase the budget for AID next year.

15.   Katzenberg was asked if he had increased his budget for the Oscar campaign.

16.   Line items like food also increase the budgets of elementary and middle schools, where students generally eat in school more often.

17.   Lowering the risk would have required increasing the budget to pay for more troops and weapons, or finding some dramatically new efficient way to fight.

18.   McGreevey said the commission should be made permanent, its budget increased, and its mission expanded to allow its forensic accountants to conduct performance audits of state agencies.

19.   One stipulation of the loan was that the Coyotes would not increase their budget until a new arena was built.

20.   Other opponents of the resolution, particularly Republicans, criticized the budget increases, saying it would be hypocritical to push for a balanced budget while increasing committee budgets.