Tag: cronyism
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June 10, 2008 08:57 PM EDT --
GOP blocks windfall taxes on Big Oil
The 51-43 roll call by which the Senate blocked a bill that would have imposed a 25 percent tax on any "unreasonable" profits of the five largest U.S. . . .
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June 06, 2008 04:28 PM EDT --
Enough is Enough
Oil is AGAIN at a record high. Why? Because there is a shortage? NO! Because our usage is up in the US? NO! Because Wall Street and oil tycoons- GW and family, Cheney and their buddies . . .
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July 10, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
By BEN EVANS, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political . . .
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June 18, 2008 10:17 PM EDT --
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 18, 7:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Conservative Republicans in the Senate were seeking to slow the completion of an election-year housing rescue . . .
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April 21, 2008 03:30 PM EDT --
I read and listen and listen and read and I keep hoping someone somewhere will actually get to the root of our current situation. I hear about froth in the housing market, a bubble in commodities, a conundrum . . .
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June 16, 2008 04:55 PM EDT --
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jun 12, 4:20 PM ET
WASHINGTON - House Democrats delivered an ultimatum to the Senate on Thursday, saying a stalled package of more than $50 . . .
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June 18, 2008 01:44 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked debate of a bill to offer about $17.7 billion in tax incentives for consumers to build renewable energy sources like windmills and solar arrays, . . .
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June 28, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
Something We CAN Do To Help Our Country
How many people are aware of the royalties that oil and gas companies pay to the US government for drilling on US public land? How many are aware that, due . . .
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June 29, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Americans saw their net worth decline by $1.7 trillion in the first quarter - the biggest drop since 2002 - as declines in home values and the stock market ravaged their holdings. . . .
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July 11, 2008 03:10 PM EDT --
House Democrats to push oil production bill
By Richard Cowan Thu Jul 10, 3:03 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives , seeking to counter Republican . . .
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July 26, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills.
Although . . .
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August 13, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
SHOCK ABSORBER
U.S. Retools Economy,
Curbing Thirst for Oil
By JUSTIN LAHART and CONOR DOUGHERTY
August 12, 2008; Page A1
(See Corrections and . . .
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July 05, 2008 08:47 PM EDT --
By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer
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Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days.
Eighteen . . .
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September 29, 2008 11:04 PM EDT --
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 . . .
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September 05, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
Documents detail Palin's political life
By BEN SMITH & JOHN BRESNAHAN | 9/2/08 3:21 PM EST
Sarah Palin may be new to most Americans, but she's not . . .
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November 06, 2006 11:59 PM EST --
I've been watching and listening to the pre-election statistics and talk. I've been so disgusted with what's been going on in American politics lately I can hardly take it anymore. What has . . .
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June 20, 2008 02:49 PM EDT --
By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications . . .
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June 12, 2008 03:54 PM EDT --
H.RES.1258
Title: Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 6/10/2008) . . .
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February 15, 2008 01:15 PM EST --
"Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday night that the U.S. economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession, and he pointed to the depressed housing market as a primary . . .
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June 16, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House Office of Administration is not required to turn over records about a trove of possibly missing e-mails, a federal judge ruled Monday.
The White House Office . . .
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