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Customers should really heed the warning that we're not out of the woods yet. We could still have a cold February and that could certainly make the market volatile again, so customers should not get complacent. The more customers continue to reduce usage, the more they'll see lower bills and also help the situation.

Energy bills are going up, people are worried about their pensions and the labor market is loosening. All of those are reasons why the consumer may not be as strong going forward.

Energy adjustments are not a new thing. It's been on bills for years.

Enactment of postal privatization bills is the top item on the agenda.

Enactment of postal privatisation bills is the top item on the agenda.

Earmarks usually are slipped into appropriation bills without a vote, without debate and without notice. That's why a seat on the Appropriations Committee is so coveted.

Susan Griffin

As more companies offer their customers the option to pay bills with a credit or charge card, the number of consumers who do so has the potential to increase dramatically.

Think of all the demands on each of your paychecks. There are bills that have to be paid, you have to manage your debts, hopefully pad your savings a bit and still save for retirement.

This is a dangerous position to be in. A court would look at your involvement in the property ... whether you have paid bills or contributed to the mortgage. It then looks at what percentage you should get.

Martin Frost

They're passing bills they know the president's going to veto. They're interested in confrontation. They have no interest in trying to really solve the problems this country faces. This is a do-nothing Congress.

For creditors, bills are just a number, ... It's not going to take them long to forget about the Hurricane Katrina deal.

It's the straw that broke the camel's back for some of them. If you're somebody who was already down to the last thread of survival, just trying to keep the bills paid, this will leave you flat out.

Rod Smith

It's not the worst thing in the world to send back money to folks, I've never had a gripe about it. The worst thing to do is to send back money to folks when you didn't pay the bills you had and that's what I'm against.

Dolores Huerta

This is a terrific opportunity for young people to learn what the democratic process is about, the way that bills are passed. I explained this whole procedure to the students.

This is significant because these people that invested $100 million are now being faced with bills by Legislature that say these machines are to go away.

This is one of a number of bills we get up here every year that implies we all are crooks.

The weakening labor market, the continuing high level of house prices in relation to earnings and pressure on householders' finances from the recent hikes in utility and council tax bills are expected to curb demand in the coming months, therefore preventing a sustained acceleration in house price inflation.

It's a great honor for the Bills and especially our special teams. Brian is the big reason I'm going. If Brian doesn't make the Pro Bowl, then I don't go either.

It's a decision whose time has come. Bimonthly bills have gotten high, especially in the winter.

Brandon Moore

I t pretty much kills me because I've got bills to pay, too.

Bills like H.R. 354 are designed to slow everything down so that big companies can get a better hold and understand what's going on before the competition outstrips them.

Bills have been held up and people have been pressured.

Bills aren't blindly paid. This is something that obviously there is a process where we have the opportunity to check before dollars are issued.

Every dollar makes a difference, and (the retirees) say, 'It's not the way I shop, my rent goes up a lot more, my doctor bills go up.' They're not buying big market baskets full of groceries and new clothing.

As they make purchases and pay bills throughout the month from the checking account, they know they've blown the budget if they run out of money too fast,

At this point, the market isn't that developed yet. Ten percent of all consumer bills will be presented and paid electronically by 2005.

At this point, she hasn't been found guilty of anything. My instinct on this is that it's premature for me to make a decision or get too involved in this. I think it's probably not a terribly difficult thing to understand how someone who has been out for months and has large medical bills may have this happen with a small check.

If you go through the regular process of the House and Senate passing companion bills and then try and work out differences in the conference, maybe we can get something done.

Both governors and every commissioner are responsible. This is not necessarily a money emergency because people are crossing the bridges, paying their tolls and the bills are being paid. But bond markets do not look favorably on unpredictable, unreliable, politically driven decisions. Government organizations are created to pass budgets and meet bond covenants. To do otherwise is irresponsible.

Tim Russert

The response to the Bills in Western New York has been extraordinary. It is a team that sells out. It's a team that is responsive to its fan base. It's a team that has been performing better and better on the field.

Joe Camp

Very mild. Very, very mild over previous years. And that doesn't include any overtime costs or any of the repair bills from the plow trucks.

Paddy Considine

I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.' I don't want that as a director. I don't want to compromise myself. There's a big old wide world out there. I want to explore it.

Patty Murray

I'll be at the table, as I've been, willing to talk to any Republican who says, 'Look, my country is more important, this pile of bills is not going to go away, the challenges that we have is not going to disappear, we need to cross that divide.' I'm ready. I'm waiting.