Legislation the Senate passed and the version the House of Representatives approved earlier have both been estimated by the independent Congressional Budget Office to cost in the upper $800 billion range.

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At Martha Jefferson, we worked with a mid-range budget and met the rigorous review process of the State of Virginia Certificate of Public Need.

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The number of handsets pushed out the door increased (thanks to the Asha range of budget phones) with the company selling 73 million phones.

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However, when asked to identify the budget range for gifts during the holiday season, the results fall into the same budget ranges as they did in 2009.

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