1.   Also, federal lawmakers need to approve money to finance the project.

2.   An agreement could come as early as this week, federal lawmakers said.

3.   An industry analyst said anti-tobacco moves by state governments around the country give federal lawmakers cover in dropping the Kennedy-Hatch bill from the budget agreement.

4.   And even in public Thursday, Bush was applying pressure to federal lawmakers.

5.   And federal lawmakers and regulators could ponder how to prevent the gatekeepers of the information castle from pulling up the drawbridge and leaving the public outside.

6.   And some federal lawmakers contend that someone other than Barry would give the city new advantages with Congress, including a long honeymoon.

7.   As a multibillion-dollar defense contractor, Raytheon has numerous interests before federal lawmakers and regulators.

8.   Besides slashing benefits for both legal and illegal immigrants, federal lawmakers have dumped welfare responsibilities back to the states.

9.   -- A bill discouraging federal lawmakers from passing program costs on to the states.

10.   A group of federal lawmakers who also mediate went to Chiapas in mid-June to try to make contact with Marcos.