motherjones.com - 12/4/2008
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Obama talked about a windfall profits tax as early as April. As crude oil prices topped $110 a barrel, Obama promised to "put a windfall profits tax on oil companies and use it to help ... families pay their heating and cooling bills and reduce energy costs." And in August, the Democratic ...
thesmokinggun.com - 12/9/2008
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thesmokinggun.com —
Feds: Blagojevich saw Obama's vacated job as a
"valuable thing" DECEMBER 9--The criminal complaint filed today against...
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich contains a remarkable section detailing the Democratic politician's alleged attempt to cash in on ...
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Obama Senate Seat For Sale? - December 9, 2008
bloomberg.com - 12/7/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said
he’ll make the “single largest new investment” in roads,...
bridges and public buildings since the Eisenhower Administration to lift the sagging economy and create jobs. Obama, in his weekly radio ...
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Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s (Update1)
reuters.com - 12/8/2008
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said
on Sunday he was prepared to offer Iran economic...
incentives to stop its nuclear program, but he also warned that sanctions could be toughened if it refused. "We are willing to talk to them ...
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Obama says will pursue carrot/stick Iran policy
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DrumBeat: December 4, 2008
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future —
... since explorer John Wesley Powell boated through in 1896, and a canyon decorated with thousands of ancient rock art panels have been pulled off the auction block by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
For the second time in a week, the bureau announced late Tuesday that it was pulling auction parcels from an expanded oil-and-gas leasing program in Utah. The latest tracts include land inside Nine Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon on the Green River.
Obama's First Policy Retreat?
Did Barack Obama just break his first campaign promise? ...
DrumBeat: December 4, 2008
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future —
... since explorer John Wesley Powell boated through in 1896, and a canyon decorated with thousands of ancient rock art panels have been pulled off the auction block by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
For the second time in a week, the bureau announced late Tuesday that it was pulling auction parcels from an expanded oil-and-gas leasing program in Utah. The latest tracts include land inside Nine Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon on the Green River.
Obama's First Policy Retreat?
Did Barack Obama just break his first campaign promise? ...
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