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Local "No On Question 1" Campaigning Activities |
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The campaign for No On Question 1 is in need of your help during the next several days prior to the election. If Question 1 passes it would eliminate the state income tax, resulting in a 40 percent cut instate revenues. We must defeat Question 1, and we cannot take this vote for granted. Six years ago 45 percent of voters voted to eliminate the state income tax. ADTC Chair Leo Maley details a host of things you can do. Find out how you can help out.
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Waxman Accuses McCain Fundraiser of "War Profiteering" |
 Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Henry Waxman, D-Cal., said in a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that a top fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain "appears to have engaged in a reprehensible form of war profiteering". A company run by Florida-based businessman Harry Sargeant, International Oil Trading Limited has been paid over $1.4 billion by U.S. taxpayers to deliver fuel through Jordan into Iraq, earning a profit of $210 million. Waxman said that if the contracts had been awarded to the lowest bidders, the taxpayers could have saved over $180 million.
According to Waxman, of that $210 million, at least one third—$70 million—appears to have benefitted Mr. Sargeant personally.
A lawyer for Sargeant and IOTC has not returned calls from NBC news seeking comment.
Full story at MSNBC...
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Video: Gov. Deval Patrick's Fiscal Action Plan |
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On Wednesday, October 15, 2008, faced with an estimated budget deficit
of $1.4 billion, Governor Deval Patrick started implementing a fiscal
action plan to close the gap that includes more than $1 billion in
immediate cuts and spending controls across state government,
identifying additional revenues and a responsible draw on reserves. The
announcement comes as the Administration has revised the state's
revenue estimate, on which the budget is built, by approximately $1.1
billion.
View Gov. Patrick's full video announcement at Mass.gov...
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Senate Approves Financial Bailout Bill |
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The US Senate voted tonight on the financial markets bailout bill. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry voted in favor of the bill, while Senator Ted Kennedy, who was not in attendence did not vote. The voting tally was 74 in favor and 25 against. Having attained a minimum of 60 votes in the affirmative, the bill as amended was passed and will be sent back to the House. Both presidential candidates McCain and Obama voted in favor of the bill, as did Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden, who also voted yes.
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New Book "Angler" Exposes Dick Cheney's Abuse of Power |
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Keith Olberman of MSCNC's Countdown, interview's author Barton Gellman whose new book, "Angler" exposes Vice President Dick Cheney's manipulation of the Vice Presidential nomination process during George Bush's run for the Presidency, effectively choosing himself while side-stepping the instrusive vetting procedure he subjected the other candidates to — abusing his power as the selection committee head.
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