Hence, the authors had to search for supplemental measures.
The governor's spokesman, Pete McDonough, said lawmakers were expected to appropriate that money on Thursday in a last-minute rush of supplemental spending measures for the current fiscal year.
(In this chart, "OPM" indicates the official poverty measurement, while "Anchored SPM" represents the researchers' version of a supplemental measure, which is adjusted for inflation).
The new supplemental measure will be released for the first time in the fall of next year.
But that figure has been published only for the past couple of years, which means we haven't been able to see how poverty has changed over time under the supplemental measure.
The supplemental measure hikes that estimate to nearly 16 percent.
Titled "For Whom the Troll Dwells: A Legendary Case for Supplemental Safety Measures on the New San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span," it examines the history and symbolism of trolls (the first legends were recorded in Scandinavia more than a millennium ago) before getting down to business.
After the fall elections, President Bush is expected to request another supplemental spending measure to pay for the war, just as the administration has for the last three years.
In an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Mr. Biden, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, was asked whether he would vote for the supplemental spending measure, and he replied, "I think we have to".
The supplemental funding measure would provide $1.1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to apprehend, detain and eventually deport undocumented minors and families.
