The chain, the Hannaford Brothers Company, said that the program had a major impact on steering purchases in the expansive packaged-food section of the store, including cereals, soups and breads.
These days, Mr. Reid, the Senate majority leader, is far more likely to meet with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, an outspoken advocate of stricter gun control, than with Mr. LaPierre as he prepares to bring the most expansive package of gun safety legislation in a decade to the Senate floor over the next few weeks.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis). said on Tuesday that Republicans are open to an "expansive" package, but Schumer dismissed the suggestion.
Louis Fed President William Poole (who preceded Bullard) in January 2008 to suggest that banks were rewarding excessively risky behavior with expansive pay packages.
Democrats vowed to fight for a more expansive benefits package once the measure reaches the Senate floor.
The expansive spending package narrowly passed the House and survived a brief veto threat from the president.
expansive (expansion) phase.
WASHINGTON — By a single vote, Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an expansive fiscal stimulus package championed by Democrats, as partisan rancor engulfed the effort to inject a quick burst of spending into the slowing economy.
Finding the proper balance between access to an expansive and flexible benefit package and the affordability of providing such a package is not a theoretical exercise, but a practical problem that is ideally addressed by obtaining the insight of a variety of perspectives, including those of patients and family members.
Other vulnerable Republicans, including Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota, voted for the more expansive, and expensive, stimulus package.
