Agreement has yet to be reached on how many staff will be required, how they will be divided, who is allowed to spend money and how much can be spent without further authorisation.

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The theory prescribes tax cuts targeted at those who are most likely to spend and additional government spending that can be spent quickly.

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"If we're listening to the governors, then the money that we spend is going to be well spent, and it means that it's going to get working faster and the people in your states are going to experience prosperity sooner, " he said.

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However, Obama supporters surveyed feared a Romney presidency meant more of their money would be spent on health care, and said they would spend more cautiously under Romney for fear of another recession, Corlett noted.

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Rather than creating a new type of solar-powered light, which seems to be where most alternative energy people spend their time, Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves, London based designers spent the last four years developing GravityLight as an off-line project.

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And beginning next year, insurance companies will be required to spend at least 80 or 85 percent of health care dollars where they should be spent -- on health care and on efforts to improve its quality.

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