We have a great story to tell, one that includes aid but also goes beyond it.
The package includes aid for Washington's traditional drug war allies: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela.
The plan includes aid to the country's ailing auto industry, which employs 10percentt of the French work force; money for the construction industry; and acceleration of tax credits and rebates that are owed to companies.
(It also includes aid to families having trouble paying heating bills, which seems like a clever way to put cash in the hands of people likely to spend it).
In the 20th century the activity of the Red Cross embraced not only the victims of military actions but also peace activity, which includes aid for the sick, for the handicapped, for the elderly and children, and for the victims of all types of disasters everywhere in the world.
The entire $9 billion emergency spending bill -- which also includes aid for the Kosovo and East Timor peacekeeping missions, natural disaster assistance, and money to pay the Pentagon's rising fuel bill -- will go to the floor of the House within two weeks, according to committee aides.
