"It is vital that this package be considered and passed as a whole".
In the last session of Congress, a similar piggybacking strategy backfired when a six-month extension of the Andean trade bill was tucked into an economic stimulus package being considered in the Senate.
For Democrats, it means that most of the help go to laid-off workers and low-income people and that the package be considered alongside their plan for additional spending on security.
And while the economic stimulus package being considered on Capitol Hill includes tax cuts intended to put more spending money in people's pockets, fare increases promise to take a big bite for many commuters.
For Mr. Capellas, it said, the compensation package being considered included a salary of $1 million, a target bonus of $3.8 million and four million options with an estimated value of $38 million.
Luckily for the industry, its main champion on the committee is a Republican from Utah, Senator Orrin Hatch, whose support for the overall immigration package is considered crucial for the passage of the bill as a whole.
The Medicaid provision, which would extend assistance first granted in last year's stimulus package, was considered such a sure bet by many governors and legislative leaders that they prematurely included the money in their budgeting.
Just prior to President Obama's inauguration, Mr. Rendell said of the stimulus package being considered by the House: "Anybody who thinks — if the president-elect thinks, or the team thinks — that this is the answer to America's infrastructure needs is in a different universe".
"The economy just simply cannot recover as long as home prices continue to decline," said Lawrence Yun, the trade group's chief economist, who called on lawmakers to include tax credits for home buyers in the economic recovery package being considered by Congress.
For starters, a 20-30 percent increase in compensation package is considered the norm in China.
