No aid planned to help low-income families, seniors with energy costs
Conservation will be U.S. focus
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
By Ann McFeatters, Post-Gazette National Bureau
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration yesterday said it has no plans to ask Congress for additional funds to help low-income families and financially stretched seniors deal with rapidly escalating home heating bills.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration is projecting that this winter's natural gas prices will run as much as 77 percent more than last winter in parts of the Midwest . . . That could mean that thousands of households won't be able to afford enough heat or electricity.
But he said asking Congress to increase money for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program "is not on the agenda" for the administration "at this point."
Congress Seeks to Slash Food Aid for Poor
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
(10-05) 08:09 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Under orders to whittle agriculture spending by $3 billion, Republicans in Congress propose to slash food programs for the poor by $574 million and subsidies and conservation programs by $1 billion each, The Associated Press has learned.
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The $574 million cut in food stamps would come from restricting access to this benefit for certain families that receive other government assistance. The restriction would shut an estimated 300,000 people out of the program.
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