LSC asked for funding to conduct a new national legal needs study in its FY2001 budget request to Congress; however, no funds were allocated for that purpose.
Congress did not allocate funds to everything LSC asked for. 
mnli hypothesis: Congress did not allocate funds to everything LSC asked for.  premise: LSC asked for funding to conduct a new national legal needs study in its FY2001 budget request to Congress; however, no funds were allocated for that purpose.