21.   Conservatives want Congress to make a stand for tax cuts and spending caps.

22.   Dole also was hindered by spending caps that came with the federal matching money he took for the primaries.

23.   Each candidate is seeking some exemptions from the spending cap.

24.   Even in the new era of good feelings, though, Congress is restrained by spending caps, Regula cautioned.

25.   Harshbarger, unlike Cellucci, agreed to a spending cap in order to receive state matching funds.

26.   He did not formally propose lifting tight spending caps that have left Congress struggling to pass appropriations bills this year even as the pot of excess money grows.

27.   If the candidate is running against someone not participating in the program, the city doubles its contributions, and the spending caps are lifted.

28.   In addition, FEC regulations governing the state spending caps appear studded with loopholes.

29.   In the event such outside expenditures are made, an equivalent sum will be deducted from the spending cap of the candidate who benefited.

30.   It also supports legislation that would put back spending caps.