He would give new assistance to the states to cover low-income children and adults.

On the agenda was the presentation of a new assistance plan for the post-Katrina era.

The banks want the fund to condition its new assistance on settlement of the commercial interest accounts.

When big deficits prevent new assistance to the elderly, children, the poor and the sick, people lose hope of a decent life.

The measure would also offer important new assistance to low- and moderate-income families with children.

Other lawmakers, particularly in the Senate, were drawn by the legislation's new assistance for rural areas.

Last year it paid $1 billion more to foreign creditors than it received in new assistance.

Health advocates had also hoped to provide new assistance for the nation's uninsured, who numbered just under 40 million last year.

Colombia is to receive more than $100 million in new anti-drug assistance.

Reserve half of new assistance for working families with children.