Tuesday, July 28, 2009

SPB News for Tuesday



AP: Vick Conditionally Reinstated By NFL

Sen. Gillibrand Announces 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Hearing

Blue Dog Compromise Would Impact About 3M Uninsured

11 suspicious letters sent to New Jersey political offices; Police investigating.

A $100 million bonus Citigroup is considering paying a $100 million bonus -- to one guy. This is the same Citigroup that received $45 billion in bailout money. The same Citigroup that will soon be 34% owned by the U.S. government. The same Citigroup that has lost 95% of its share value since 2007... And will the U.S. government allow it? That will depend largely on the opinion of Kenneth Feinberg, the new pay czar appointed to oversee compensation at the bailed-out banks.

Hidden costs of Afghan war surpass £12 billion The cost of Britain's military 'mission' in Afghanistan has soared past has passed £12 billion, an assessment by the Independent on Sunday reveals. The assessment published on Sunday said that the "hidden costs" of fighting since the 2001 invasion would comprise a bill that would work out at £190 per every man, woman and child in the United Kingdom.

Bunning's not running — Cantankerous Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning has officially dropped out of next year's reelection campaign — citing his paltry fundraising efforts. — Bunning's office just put out the following statement: — I have the same conservative principles in 2009 …

House passes resolution that states Obama was born in Hawaii, 378-0.
Monday evening, the House passed a resolution sponsored by Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) that commemorates Hawaii’s 50th anniversary as a U.S. state by a vote of 378-0. The resolution also contains this provision: “Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii,” a measure that some GOP members may have had trouble supporting. However, many of the Republican representatives who at expressed at least subtle doubt that Obama was not born in the U.S. voted for the resolution. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who had earlier in the day prevented the resolution from coming to a voice vote on the House floor, and Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), who sponsored a bill requiring presidential candidates to prove natural-born citizenship, both voted for the resolution. Rep. John Campbell (R-CA), a co-sponsor of Posey’s bill who expressed doubt about Obama’s citizenship last week on MSNBC, did not vote.

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