As a down payment for the help, Mr. Martin pledged a full rebate to the cities of the national sales tax for goods and services paid by city residents, amounting to an estimated $400 million annually.
Ten entities that applied early have been grandfathered in and will receive the full rebate regardless of a project's actual cost.
Democratic staff members on the House Ways and Means Committee said that a family of four would not be entitled to the full rebate until its income reached about $40,000.
Since the dispute began, DirecTV executives said, 20,000 Time Warner subscribers in Houston and another 5,000 in New York and Los Angeles have requested full rebate coupons, but it is unclear exactly how many of them have bought the systems.
Mr Bush wants a one-time tax rebate for poorer Americans who pay taxes but who didn't earn enough to get a full rebate earlier this year.
For example, Mr. Miller would like to include a rollback of the entire 18.5percentt increase for poor elderly residents; Mr. Bloomberg's version also gives those residents a full rebate, but not permanently.
At a cost of about $14 billion, both the Republican-written House bill and a proposal made by Senate Democrats would send such checks to families who did not pay enough income tax to receive the full rebate already.
When the $650 in six monthly payments for the Veracruz added up to $3,900, $100 short of the $4,000 cash reduction, I asked a Hyundai spokesman why a consumer making that choice wasn't getting the full rebate.
After sorting through the somewhat complicated requirements, Ms. Burton discovered her store was eligible for the full credit, which will give the business a rebate of $21,000 this tax year.
"That's a maximum rebate of $87,500".
A rebate of $1,200 for the first month rent!
