21.  Federal action may come too late for our state.

22.  Federal actions to reduce the deficit appear to have strengthened the economy, even as the strong economy has made it easier for Washington to balance the budget.

23.  Federal action against the state if those deadlines are not met could include the withholding of funding for highway projects.

24.  Federal actions challenging the Palm Beach ballot would likely involve two arguments.

25.  Gibbons and other lawyers predicted that state prosecutions on specific intrastate offenses would come after federal actions on broader offenses involving the mailing of bombs across state lines.

26.  He said Cosgrove had done nothing to address their complaints, even when they said they would seek federal action unless he acted.

27.  In fact, no meetings were required because the proposal is a federal action, not a state effort, he said.

28.  In the absence of federal action, states have passed a patchwork quilt of laws and regulations.

29.  In Santa Cruz and Oakland, the city councils unanimously passed resolutions condemning the federal action and defending local cannabis clubs.

30.  Instead, the federal porn unit brought obscenity charges against Harvey and his company in a federal court in Utah, while it threatened federal action in other jurisdictions.