The Government offered 13 percent in its 1999 budget proposal.

First, because there was a 2003 budget proposal at all.

Council leaders call their budget proposal a step forward for the middle class.

The House will likely vote on the budget proposal this week.

The current federal budget proposal includes $25 million for such programs.

Under the Governor's earlier budget proposal, he said, the increase would have been just 1.1 percent.

The Bush administration is expected to offer its own aid plan in a budget proposal next month.

The president's budget proposal asks for another $734 million next year on top of the $2.9 billion already spent.

He added that his budget proposal was a plan for a tough economy.

Based on the budget proposal, he said, they would receive $295 million in 1988.