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...generous as what Senators and members of Congress give themselves under their federal program and what most employers offer their workers. That is largely because the bill drafters had only $400 billion to work with over 10 years under the federal budget cap that Congress set back in February. Here is how it will work for senior citizens who sign up: beginning in 2006, they will be required to pay a $35 monthly premium and a $250 yearly deductible. The program will then cover 75% of drug costs up to a maximum of $2,250. At that point, because...
...will just be a number of years until the cap comes off and we'll have a system similar to what they have in the States
...should share the cost of their education. Dan Ashley, a spokesman for the National Union of Students, says he objects to the new system but not to the idea of paying itself. If higher fees are introduced, he worries, "it will just be a number of years until the cap comes off and we'll have a system similar to what they have in the States." In France, the Institut d'études Politiques de Paris (IEP), one of the country's élite higher-learning institutions, announced in September that annual tuition at the school will rise from...
...also decided to implement for the next year new rules governing interhouse transfers, which decrease the cap on groups applying for transfers...
...presidential election is another defeat for public campaign financing. But in the face of the Republican fund-raising machine, which is fueled in large part by donors with pockets much deeper than the $2,000 cap on individual contributions, there is no other choice but to maximize Democratic spending ability. For the moment, Dean and Kerry are right to raise and spend as much as they can. Democrats can’t suspend their full-force pursuit of the White House in the name of public financing, even if it is a respectable and worthy ideal...