21.   His agency works with the Home Energy Assistance Program, a federally financed program that provides subsidies to low-income and elderly residents having trouble paying their utility bills.

22.   HUD provides a subsidy to make up the difference between that payment and fair-market rents.

23.   In this case, however, Congress explicitly directed federal regulators to provide the subsidies by some channel compatible with markets.

24.   Instead of talking reduction, the tribe has traditionally handled the problem by providing subsidies to tribal ranchers to buy feed and haul water during periods of drought.

25.   Instead, he would provide tax subsidies to purchase health insurance.

26.   It also instructs the Treasury Department to provide subsidies to any company willing to compete with Crane for the contract.

27.   Some officials have questioned the wisdom of providing subsidies to the company to go into what has become one of the most desirable locations in the city.

28.   Such a program, however, would almost certainly create pressures to provide subsidies for those people nearing retirement whose income makes this form of Medicare unaffordable.

29.   That plan would provide subsidies for the elderly to purchase private prescription drug insurance.

30.   The bank has come under fire in recent years from critics who say it does little more than provide public subsidies for international companies.