WASHINGTON D.C.-Despite the fact that both sides of the aisle are still trying to hammer out an agreement over the payroll tax holiday, a tentative agreement has been reached on the $1 Trillion Omnibus Bill. This agreement will avert government shut-down that was looming at the end of the year.
KENAI, Alaska-Today, the owner of Wise Guide Outfitters of Cooper Landing, Thomas W. Murray, is due in court to answer to the charges of Scheming to Defraud, four counts of Theft in the Second Degree, a count of Unsworn Falsification, and one count of False Information on a Fishing License.
Newt Gingrich's political director in Iowa, Craig Bergman, resigned yesterday over comments that he made to a focus group calling Mormonism, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's religion, a cult. He pointed out that the fact that Romney is a mormon would hurt him in the election against President Obama. The comment was made on TheIowaRepublican.com.
WASHINGTON D.C.-The Republican controlled House passed on a 234-193 vote, a one year extension of the payroll tax cut yesterday. All but 10 democrat representatives voted against it. Of the ten who voted for it, all waited until the bill was sure to pass before voting in favor of it.