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...Ohio, couple with three children. Though both Tom and June worked in an auto-parts factory, they still could not afford their rented trailer and had to move out. A state agency has placed the family temporarily in a motel room and pays part of the $45-a-night tab. June now cleans rooms in the motel, and Tom works in a sports bar. But it's a struggle. The family shares two double beds, a cot and one chair; toys and school books are stored underneath the beds; luxuries, even small ones like movies, are usually...
Summers says he’s concerned with improving aid at all the schools. But one University source said Summers is likely to focus on schools in which large debts burden students in their future professions, and in areas in which the prospect of an eternal tab discourages some from even attending...
...more evident than in the "economic stimulus" bill that passed the House on the narrowest of party-line votes last week. The idea is to give the economy a badly needed jolt by getting businesses to hire and consumers to spend. But nearly three-quarters of the $100 billion tab would go toward corporate tax breaks, which might carry weight with political ideologues or help pay off campaign contributors but will do little to pep up a sagging economy...
...especially good. The ample portions should be more than enough to satisfy most, but chocolate “wedding cake” is served after the meal for the especially voracious. (Beer and mixed drinks range between $4 and $8 and are added to a separate tab...
...White House already had told Congress it wanted $20 billion to help rebuild the damaged Pentagon, deal with the New York catastrophe and bolster security. But $20 billion might not be enough, one of the leaders said. "You're probably right," Lott answered. Who knew what the final tab could be - maybe as high as $500 billion in the end. But the Congressional and Senate leaders in this room knew that money gets wasted when it's appropriated in the heat of the moment. "I'm an American first," Rep. David Obey, the Appropriations Committee's senior Democrat, told...