21.   But the conventional wisdom among Democrats and many Republicans is that winning re-election means spending more, not fewer, taxpayer dollars.

22.   But their bitter standoff is about more than those issues or the taxpayer dollars they represent.

23.   But the McGreevey campaign also took the opportunity to accuse Schundler of not scrupulously guarding taxpayer dollars while he was mayor of Jersey City.

24.   But Washington said that that was not the case, and that he was simply being careful with taxpayer dollars.

25.   Claims are paid entirely from premiums, not taxpayer dollars.

26.   Charter schools get taxpayer dollars but are independently run, with the aim of giving families alternatives to traditional public schools.

27.   Connor was devastated earlier this month when President Bush said he would allow taxpayer dollars to pay for research on stem cells already extracted from embryos.

28.   Democrats were wasting taxpayer dollars by not attending the hearing, he said.

29.   Even last week, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto changed his mind three times in three days about whether the government would spend taxpayer dollars on a rescue.

30.   Finally, the examination found, federal officials have abandoned or ignored policies that could have led to lower prices for medicines developed with taxpayer dollars.