1.   Bush should instruct his lawyers to drop their lawsuit and let the state and local Florida officials do their duty under the law.

2.   Hance said his company is willing to discuss deeding land to the state and letting the state run the site.

3.   In a move that critics called inhumane and unconstitutional, the House voted on Wednesday to let states bar illegal immigrant children from public schools.

4.   It also would let states bar poor women from relying on Medicaid to terminate pregnancies that resulted from rape or incest.

5.   It would let states, in effect, opt out of reform and stops short of firm national standards.

6.   On the other hand, the court has let states bar most in-person soliciting of clients by lawyers.

7.   Other groups pleased with the prospect of a Hollings chairmanship are those who want Congress to lay the groundwork to let states to collect sales taxes on online purchases.

8.   That has given rise to a federalist movement that would let states and municipalities raise their own revenues and, more important, increase their influence over local economies.

9.   The deal does let the state off the hook for bailing out the utility.

10.   The House would let states, contrary to a Supreme Court ruling, deny public education to the children of illegal immigrants.