11.   If the cap is raised, Paxson and analysts believe, NBC will move quickly to take control of Paxson Communications.

12.   Now, high-tech companies are pressing Congress to raise the cap and allow in more foreigners.

13.   Raising the caps helped in the past.

14.   Proponents of raising the cap agree that what matters most are the highly skilled workers on whom key programs depend.

15.   Senator Spencer Abraham wants to raise the cap on admitting smart foreigners into the country as a way to fill hi-tech jobs.

16.   Social Security is already a relatively bad deal for upper income people, and raising the cap would make it worse.

17.   State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, said yesterday that he may introduce a bill to raise the cap on behalf of the families.

18.   States that currently have lower limits would raise their caps to the new federal standard.

19.   The draft reportedly also proposes raising the cap on Iraqi oil output to allow purchases of more food and medicine under U.N. auspices.

20.   The market rallied sharply this week after the announcement that the cap would be raised.