Others say the $3,000 limit on individual contributions and, perhaps, the spending ceilings themselves, are unrealistically low.

At present there are no spending ceilings for Congressional races.

"But this is the only way we can see to maintain the quality of the program and live within the current spending ceilings."

Many also argued that spending ceilings were not necessary.

The House also decided today to raise the spending ceiling in hard-fought races.

Both parties have avoided a Federal spending ceiling and they are pumping additional millions into election efforts.

The first step is to raise the spending ceiling for primaries to about $75 million.

Congress set separate spending ceilings for the military, foreign assistance and domestic discretionary programs.

Because of this, he forced the Senate to vote on waiving the spending ceiling set by the budget balancing law.

Would they stop making medical insurance payments in midyear if the spending ceiling was reached?