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Energy Assistance Program Is Low On Funds

by Dianna Douglas, NPR
September 9, 2010

A record number of people lined up in Washington D.C. last month to get a small discount on their gas and electric bills. The spike in need comes at a time when the federal program that pays to help keep the poor warm in the winter and cool in the summer is nearly out of money.

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  • Morning Edition, September 9, 2010
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