But the Senate, led by two members from small states, voted last week to maintain a formula guaranteeing sizable minimum grants for every state.
All residents would receive a minimum grant of $2,000 over two years, or $4,000 for those in the immediate impact zone.
In addition, and to provide maximum benefit to lower-income households in the area, the plan provides a minimum grant of $4,000 per assisted household over two years.
In a 24-hour blur, it added T.C.U., agreed to a six-year minimum grant of television rights and found a truce over broadcasts on the Longhorn Network.
For residents in Zone 2, the two-year grant provides 30percentt of the monthly rent or mortgage payment, up to a maximum of $6,000 over two years, with a minimum grant of $2,000 per assisted household.
Neinas said he was pleased with the progress that the Big 12 had made in adding Texas Christian, getting a six-year minimum grant of rights and agreeing to equal revenue-sharing.
In October 2008, it dropped the minimum to $50. "We wanted to help donors use their account balances to give to as many causes as they had been accustomed to in the fat years, and if that meant reducing the minimum grant requirement, we were happy to do it," said Sarah C. Libbey, president of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.
Approved, 96 to 1, on July 14. 2. Homeland Security Vote on a measure proposed by Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, under which about 70percentt of Homeland Security financing would be allocated exclusively based on the department's risk assessments while preserving significant minimum grants for smaller states.
At the White House, the President did not respond to the Republicans' remarks, telling reporters that he planned to work through the weekend raising the minimum wage, granting amnesty to immigrants, and legalizing marijuana.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a sharply drawn dissent, questioning the court's deference to district courts on matters of fact, and it is believed she led the minority of four, the minimum to grant certiorari, to hear the broader appeal.
This contemptuous treatment was confirmed by Germany's Constitutional Court in July, when it ruled that the $300 monthly allowance for refugees — which hadn't been adjusted in 19 years — must be raised to the minimum social benefits granted to Germans, about $500.
