21.   Opponents disagreed, saying U.S. funds helped reduce abortions by making contraceptives and education available to women.

22.   State attorneys general also are pushing the plan so they can get funds to help defray the cost of caring for sick smokers.

23.   State tax funds help pay the costs.

24.   The charity has repeatedly said that its funds help poor Palestinian families and children, not a terrorist organization.

25.   The disputed funds would help finance UN-affiliated agencies including the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization.

26.   The Dallas Republican started pushing for a rainy day fund to help Texas survive the next recession without massive tax hikes or spending cuts.

27.   The funds help build classrooms and pay for research projects, she said.

28.   The funds will help Mexico and Central American countries, where drought conditions have hampered efforts to control fires set to clear cropland and forests.

29.   The funds would help pay the costs of a fingerprint search by the FBI.