was penalized and at the last minute as could be the case here just before the convention, the entire delegation may be seated. let it go. bill mccullum is trying to make points with newt gingrich. everybody has moved on including the candidates. it s been 50 delegates going in. it s not like they changed going out. meanwhile, an important story coming up after your important stories that you re going to read. are we going to hear from bill mccullum? no, let s go to the headlines. major developments in the fast & furious scandal. attorney general eric holder back in the hot seat this morning. he will get grilled by a house committee about the government s botched gun tracking program. and the family of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry who was killed by a fast & furious gun filing a $25 million wrongful death claim against the government. terry s family says he was killed because atf investigators allowed those guns into the hands of mexican drug gangsters who killed him in the
get 46 and newt could get 32. stand by. if close at the end, it might matter. let s do headlines for your thursday. major developments in the fast & furious scandal. attorney general eric holder back in the hot seat this morning. he ll get grilled by the house committee about the government s botched gun tracking program and the family of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry who was killed by a fast & furious gun filing a $25 million wrongful death claim against the government now. terry s family says he was killed because atf investigators allowed guns into the hands of mexican drug gangsters who killed him in the arizona desert. a nuclear power plant shut down at this hour because of a leak. crews working right now to fix a leaking steam tube in a steam generator at a nuclear plant in california. the nuclear regulatory commission says a small amount of radiation may have gotten into the air. the plant s owner maintains it didn t. tests done last night show no increased levels of ra
unwashington. the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why
might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why can t politicians get it done? at least the
the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why can t politic