Tuesday, July 20, 2010

SPB News for Tuesday

Halliburton 2nd quarter profit jumps 83 percent


November special election set for West Virginia Senate seat — The legislation signed into law by the governor Monday night declares November's special election a legally separate contest. — A November special election will fill the seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) …

Republicans now blaming Democrats for Bush tax cuts — The new Republican line is that there's a “Democrat tax hike” on the way. And it's a big 'un: “An unprecedented $3.8 trillion increase” that will affect — and this is their bold and underline, not mine — “every American who pays income taxes!”

Obey's axe hovers over Obama's $1.3B education program — House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey is taking on the White House over President Obama's Race to the Top education program. — Obey has proposed a 40 percent cut to the White House's $1.35 billion 2011 request for Race to the Top …

Ex-Media Mogul Conrad Black Getting Out Of Jail

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