New England delegation pushes for heating help
8:20 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink
Email this author | Email this entry |
 |
Projo Politics Blog |
|
« Harvard chooses R.I. woman as vice president for public affairs |
Main
| DOT union ratifies new deal with state, despite opposition »
WASHINGTON -- The temperature will be approaching the 90s this morning by the time members of the New England House delegation gather near the Capitol to warn about next winter's freeze - and how to help the poor to weather it. The legislators, including Rep. James R. Langevin, will hold a news event to dramatize their call upon House leaders to include an extra helping of emergency heating assistance in the next package of economic recovery tools that the Congress considers. The context, of course, is that soaring petroleum prices boost the expense not only of summertime motoring but also of the home heating oil upon which New Englanders depend heavily in winter. Many forecasters therefore warn that next winter may visit a worse crunch upon the poor than this past winter's already-worrisome heating aid shortfalls. The money for low-income energy assistance was considered - at the behest of Sen. Jack Reed and other New England legislators - but finally dropped from this year's first economic recovery bill, signed into law by President Bush. -- Journal Washington bureau John Mulligan 
|
New comments
New photos
Authors
New posts
Projo blogs
Archives
Leave a comment