Premise: It would be relegated largely to after the fact audits as opposed to its current pre-approved role.

Hypothesis: It would be related to audits done after budget is already set.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The bottom line is America's law school graduates are drowning in debt and shut out of public service at a time when the federal government is facing losses of over half its work force due to retirements, said Max Stier, president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service.

Hypothesis: Law school, like the majority of college education, is costly.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The agency also is in danger of losing $470,000 over the next 18 months from the Violence Against Women Act, but is appealing that decision, Mathews said.

Hypothesis: Mathews said that the agency is appealing the decision regarding the loss of $470,000 from the Violence Against Women Act.
Answer: yes

Premise: Of course, such a diagnostic system may prove to be more unwieldy in the end and to annoy insurance companies (who hold frightening sway over all health-care endeavors), and it is politically unlikely that such a dramatic shift will occur any time in the near future.

Hypothesis: Big changes will not occur in that diagnostic system involving insurance companies.
Answer: yes