State to Get Little Help for Heating; Northern States Are at Odds with Southern States at Odds Over Formula for Energy Aid

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › December 16, 2005

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DES MOINES (AP) - An obscure formula in a budget bill being considered in Congress pits North against South when it comes to dividing up federal money for heating assistance.

Under the formula, Iowa would see a 3 percent increase in low- income energy help. Meanwhile, Arizona's money would soar 177 percent, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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State to Get Little Help for Heating; Northern States Are at Odds with Southern States at Odds Over Formula for Energy Aid

"Iowa is going to get a spit in the ocean," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R...

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