Congress Adds $300 Mln for Heat Bills of Poor
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The U.S. Congress approved a $300  million boost in emergency funds to help poor and elderly  Americans pay home heating bills that are expected to be  sharply higher than last winter.
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A homeowner could save as much as $250 on heating bills over last year.
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Sometimes it is small provisions that trip up big bills.
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The US Congress passes a "historic" energy bill to improve fuel economy and reduce demand for oil.
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US President George W. Bush signed a bill on Thursday, authorizing 300 million dollars to help victims of violence and support peace talks in Sudan, local mass media reported.
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WASHINGTON President Bush has signed legislation authorizing 300 (m) million dollars to help victims of violence and support peace talks in Sudan.
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The Legislative Budget Board approved using $591 million in state funds for health and human services programs for the poor. The board endorsed funding that was announced last week by Gov.
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Migrants around the globe sent more than $300 billion to their home countries last year, a "staggering" sum that surpassed foreign development aid and foreign direct investment and carries major development potential for poor nations if properly channeled, a report says.
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The massive federally funded program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged Louisiana homes is short nearly $3 billion largely because Louisiana officials are compensating thousands of homeowners who were not originally supposed to benefit, according to an analysis by the Bush administration.
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Poor residents will be rewarded for good behavior &#151; like $300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor &#151; under an experimental anti-poverty program that city officials detailed Monday.
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Several members of Congress recently made news when they tried to see if they could subsist on $21 per week -- the average amount that food stamp recipients receive to supplement their income.
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Unable to extend tax breaks as part of a broad energy bill two months ago, lawmakers are trying to attach some of them to an emergency economic aid package containing rebates for millions of taxpayers.
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President Bush yesterday signed legislation that authorises $300 million to help victims of violence and support peace talks in the African nation of Sudan.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Natural disasters will  cost insurers a record $35 billion this year, after hurricanes  lashed the Caribbean and southeastern United States and a  record 10 typhoons soaked Japan in events seen as linked to  global warming, climate experts said on Wednesday.
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President Bush is expected to ask Congress as early as Monday for at least another &#36;3 billion to help cover the cost of Florida's pummeling by hurricanes, congressional aides said Friday.
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Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure.
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This winter, as crude oil touched $53 a barrel today, they will translate into higher heating bills for American households.