[Bahbah]

Baucus is trying to tie cap gains tax cuts to the performance of the stock market, rather than to the economy. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a degree in economics.

[old_sage_says]

I know many people who buy stocks that pay good dividends. And, I am one of them.

[Cboldt]

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 10, 2006

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, Vice Paul D. Wolfowitz, Resigned, to Which Position He Was Appointed during the last recess of the Senate. ...

Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Michael J. Garcia, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060210-5.html

About 20 additional recess appointments were sent for Senate confirmation.
Bolton was not one of them.

[Mo1]

What is this amendment from Wyden about oil about??