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The package would allow religious groups to compete with secular organizations for federal dollars to pay for after-school programs, drug treatment counseling, meal assistance and other programs: In addition, they include broader tax deductions for Americans who make regular charitable donations.
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Privacy groups have said the package of proposals increases the government's power to monitor online communications, for example.
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And for that reason, it's not just business groups that have started lobbying heavily for the rescue package.
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Package requires a four-night stay and is not valid for groups.
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The lapse in the estate tax and other tax provisions that were allowed to expire at the beginning of 2010 has left business groups wondering whether Congress will get around to passing a package of "extenders, " temporary tax breaks that are usually renewed before they expire.
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Local Government Minister, Carl Sargeant, said the funding package would "make a real, tangible difference to community and voluntary groups across Wales".
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