21.   Governors want the federal government to pick up a larger share of the costs, at least for some elderly and disabled people.

22.   He said the governors also want Congress to enact legislation that gives states more control over job-training programs, federal health-care funding and education aid.

23.   However, the governor also wants to cut taxes for small businesses, for farms and for railroads.

24.   House Republicans, rejecting such criticism, said they were delighted with the proposals and would try to pass legislation doing what the governors want.

25.   In a prespeech briefing, Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer said the governor wants to establish a dialogue with lawmakers about finding new revenue to improve education.

26.   In either case, governors want to retain the power to set sales tax policy, he said.

27.   In other words, Manning suspects the governor wanted to park assets with his wife that for some reason he needed to have off his books.

28.   Kranhold said the governor did not want to comment further pending a response from the administration.

29.   Mike Jones, a spokesman for Bush, said the governor wants the cases fully investigated.

30.   Most of the people surveyed were unwilling to abandon many of the programs the governor wants to reduce or eliminate.