31.   Later Friday, federal energy regulators lifted price caps on wholesale California electricity following an emergency request from the managers of the strapped power grid.

32.   On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lifted price caps in California.

33.   The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved lifting price caps on wholesale California electricity to ease the power crunch.

34.   The operators said lifting the caps would give California greater access to electricity supplies at a time when the power grid is stressed to capacity.

35.   The state Supreme Court later lifted that cap.

36.   They also criticized a U.S. proposal to lift the cap on Iraqi oil exports.

37.   Unless the caps are lifted -- neither the White House nor GOP leaders are suggesting that -- many programs are going to suffer.