31.   Others suggest that the Conservatives are too close to the farmers and ranchers, leading to lax enforcement and watered down policies, an assertion the Conservatives vigorously deny.

32.   Regarding guns, Bush said that one of the biggest problems was the lax enforcement of regulations, a condemnation of the Clinton administration that was none too implicit.

33.   Regulations adopted in past administrations were too strict and enforcement too lax, so no one bothered to comply, Rodriguez said.

34.   Rather, he said the European Commission is unhappy with what it views as lax enforcement by the U.S.

35.   Tax professionals say they are worried about lax enforcement.

36.   The Clinton Administration has been criticized by some environmental groups for being too lenient with corporate polluters, and for overall lax enforcement of environmental laws.

37.   The EPA has complained that lax enforcement gives Washington dairies a competitive advantage by freeing them to spend less money controlling pollution.

38.   The FEC has been dogged by a reputation for lax enforcement even as Republicans have decided to cut funding for the agency.

39.   The market now will be dogged again by investor concerns about lax enforcement of securities regulations and insider trading, analysts said.

40.   The problem of federal agencies failing to comply with the Clean Water Act is symptomatic of generally lax enforcement against polluters, critics contend.