Senate OKs $15,000 tax break for homebuyers WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate voted Wednesday night to give a tax break of up to $15,000 to homebuyers in hopes of revitalizing the housing industry, a victory for Republicans eager to leave their mark on a mammoth economic stimulus bill at the heart of President Barack Obama’s recovery [...]
JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER
Written and issued from the woods near Natchez,
Mississippi, USA
February 2, 2009
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THE VILLAGE-MAYA VOGELFÄNGER
On Inauguration Day I began my return to the US by
climbing into a bus in the Yucatán, southern Mexico.
After three days and nights of taking one bus after
another I arrived in Natchez, Mississippi on a warm,
sunny, spring-feeling afternoon. My friend [...]
Obama takes blame in Daschle, Killefer controversy WASHINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama on Tuesday abruptly abandoned his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second major appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, fearing a lingering ethics dispute would undercut his claims to moral high ground and cripple his presidency in just its second week. [...]
