Khaila will need to present receipts, but Ryu said that much probably has been spent because the retaining wall — whose costs represented the bulk of the $260,000 planned donation — is all but completed.
But despite their dissatisfaction with some of the details, several council members seemed resigned to the bulk of the plan.
Assuming that Congress approves the bulk of the plan amid patriotic fervor, this implies good times for companies that produce equipment, some of which recently proved itself in the war in Afghanistan.
The bulk of the plan's attention & most of its research dollars are directed toward the traditional goal of increasing the supply of energy through such measures as drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge & the outer continental shelf, developing alternative fuels and building more nuclear power plants.
The bulk of the plan's attention & most of its research dollars are directed toward the traditional goal of increasing the supply of energy through such measures as drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge & the outer continental shelf, developing alternative fuels and building more nuclear power plants.
Mr. Paulson said on Monday that he did not expect the bulk of the plan to be adopted during the current administration — and he said Congress should not even consider adopting most of it until after the current housing and credit crisis ended.
Jack Lew, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the bulk of the plan –- $400 billion over 10 years — would be raised by limiting the itemized deductions, such as those for charitable contributions and other expenditures, that may be taken by individuals making more than $200,000 a year and families making over $250,000 a year.
The bulk of the planning, however, has focused on other methods to keep people from getting sick during a pandemic, ranging from surveillance to shutting down public gatherings and schools to quarantining people who are exposed to the flu and isolating those who have it.
The White House budget director, Jack Lew, said the bulk of the plan — some $400 billion — would be paid for by limiting itemized deductions for charitable contributions and other deductions claimed by individuals making more than $200,000 a year and families making at least $250,000 annually.
