The Legislature wanted to raise sales and personal income taxes, borrow and restore local aid.

"We urge the state to restore aid to public education at last year's levels," the letter said.

We said we would restore and equalize educational aid, and we will.

"But I did say it was imperative to restore full financial aid."

The Bush Administration began to restore non-military aid last summer.

Last week, they backed away from a commitment to restore Federal aid for certain legal immigrants losing benefits under the 1996 welfare law.

Then, if the talks failed, it could blame the Sandinistas and ask Congress to restore aid.

In 1981, the Reagan administration toned down criticism of Argentina and moved to restore military aid, arguing that rights abuses had declined.

In late 1981, the Reagan administration persuaded Congress to restore military aid to Argentina.

The additions gave lawmakers an irresistable opportunity to restore aid to programs that had been severely cut in the Governor's plan.