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| | Bush budget short on state aid |
 | | A few years ago, states faced unprecedented budget shortfalls and needed federal help, but now states are in better shape financially while the federal government “is not in a position to help out states as much as before," Leavitt said. |
 | | Overall, grant funding to state and local governments would decrease, although not by as much as Bush proposed last year, said Iris Lav, deputy director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington, D.C.-based group that focuses on policies that affect the poor. |
 | | Research into some new energy technologies is one of the few winners this year, with a proposed increase of $66 million more for solar energy technology, $41 million to develop hydrogen fuel and fuel cells, and $29 million for biofuel research. |
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