The Senate would allow the states to withhold benefits from those people.

But the state withheld the money because of the recession.

Under a 1999 law, the state withholds their salaries until a budget is passed.

"I've asked the state and the city to withhold licensing, pending a full environmental impact study."

If a city does not adopt an approved plan, the state can withhold subsidies.

Since fewer than 10 students took the exams, the state withheld the results to protect individual privacy.

And starting in 1989, the state withheld its payments because of the city's non-compliance with the law.

They noted that since 1993, the state has withheld $16 million in reimbursements from the city for fire and health violations.

The states could withhold a fraction of the money for statewide efforts to create new model schools and to finance programs to train teachers.

This prisoner had failed, but only because the state had withheld information.