21.   Bush, Republican front-runner, is not constrained by federal spending limits in the primaries because he has decided not to accept federal matching funds.

22.   But he said the soft money contributions, which allow special interests and the wealthy to circumvent the federal limits on donations to individual candidates, is more important.

23.   But if Dole ignores federal spending limits, he risks a political backlash.

24.   But state legislatures would have to pass their own legislation to change speed limits, otherwise the federal limits would remain.

25.   But the investigation is seeking to determine if money was funneled to the Clinton-Gore campaign and used in violation of strict federal funding limits on presidential campaigns.

26.   By accepting no federal money, Forbes is not bound by federal spending limits.

27.   By bankrolling his own campaign and turning down federal matching money, Forbes can ignore federal spending limits.

28.   California, for example, could not legalize a drug that was banned by federal law, or allow pollution that exceeded federal limits.

29.   Congress imposed the federal limit in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

30.   Contributions to state funds do not apply toward the federal limit.