"In past years, that line item would not have been on my books," he said.

And there's a line item, so they're beginning to recognize that this is an important thing.

If you're keeping score, that's $360 a year, a significant new line item in the family budget.

With three sons coming up behind her, car insurance is about to become a major line item.

Host nation support is not just another line item in the budget.

"The crucial thing is that it's up to Congress to fund these line items."

But in a more recently proposed amendment, the line item had disappeared.

After that, the cost is 25 cents per line item, with a $25 minimum.

"We try to get behind the black and white of the line item," he said.

In the review process, you look pretty seriously at line items.