Some 29 million households have been unable to pay their energy bills this past year, according to a survey that says the cold winter weather and will only worsen the crisis.Data from the US Census Bureau show that many more American families — 43 million households — have cut back spending on groceries, medicine and doctors' visits, so they could settle an energy bill.The research exposes fault lines across the US, with southern Republican-leaning states like Texas, Mississippi and West Virginia home to larger numbers of struggling families while Washington , Vermont and are the least affected.
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