21.   Mr Lee called on the government to increase subsidies for trainee workers to at least one third of the median income, and to provide more long-term retraining programs.

22.   Now Congress is preparing to raise the stakes with an election-year farm bill that dramatically increases subsidies for American farmers and ranchers.

23.   The big factor behind the decision to bolster insurance coverage is recent federal legislation that dramatically increased their subsidies for higher levels of insurance, Classen said.

24.   The Federal Communications Commission today increased subsidies that help make phone service affordable for people in rural and expensive-to-serve areas.

25.   The farmers have been protesting for about a week a drop in cauliflower prices and are demanding the government increase their subsidies.

26.   The European Union postponed a decision Wednesday on whether to increase subsidies to wine growers, part of a drive to make the sector more competitive.

27.   The government has promised to examine various relief measures for farmers facing heavy debts, but has insisted it cannot increase crop subsidies.

28.   The government has insisted it is unable to increase cotton subsidies due to EU regulations, and has repeatedly called on the farmers to lift their blockades.

29.   The government increased its subsidy of the price of bread.

30.   The Roberts-Kerrey bill also would increase the subsidy but at different rates.