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The Senate has unanimously passed a bill lowering interest rates on college loans and increasing grants for poorer students.

Bill Clinton, hobbled by impeachment but still far more popular at that point in his presidency than Mr. Bush is now, proposed a buffet of modest, centrist proposals, including cutting taxes for married couples, increasing grants for college and having Medicare pay for prescription drugs (which Mr. Bush's administration finally accomplished).

Seventy-six percent of the Swiss rejected joining the United Nations, though government and Parliament wanted to join; in recent years the Swiss have voted separately on issues like extra air pollution devices in motor vehicles, lawful abortion, the introduction of a value-added tax and increasing grants for universities and research.

Still another option would be to use the added revenue to increase grants for road maintenance in cities and states.

Gordon Maloney, the president of NUS Scotland, said: "We will be working with the Scottish parliament to push for increased grants for the poorest students, not instead of these student loan increases, but in addition".

Mr. Bishop, backed by a coalition of labor, political and religious groups that campaigned for the Suffolk law, said it would be up to the state and federal governments to increase grants for Medicaid and other assistance programs to provide for the higher wages.

During the 1970s, severe budget constraints challenged the university's physical development; but, in the 1980s, the university received increased grants for research in the social and physical sciences.

As part of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package begun last year, the administration increased grants sent to states for training programs devoted to laid-off workers by $1.4 billion for 2009 and 2010.

The bills do most of what's suggested here and more, including raising the check-off to $10 for individuals and $20 for couples to account for the increased grants.

For example, in recent years, the University has excluded home value and most retirement funds when calculating a family's ability to contribute and has increased grants to help students pay for dining options and study abroad programs.

And while the federal government stepped in with increased grant aid for students, the money has failed to keep pace with the cost of college.