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Subject: Paper ballot bill goes down in House after White House
intervenes
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:48:23 -0400
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21 Apr 2008
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*Paper ballot bill goes down in House after White House intervenes
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9078878>*
18 Apr 2008 A bill that would have helped states pay to switch to
paper-election balloting systems and for random audits after elections
died out of a House committee this week, but its prime sponsor said he
is not giving up the fight. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) said the bill
he sponsored, House Bill 5036
<http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/h5036_ih.xml>, the Emergency
Assistance for Secure Elections Act, would help make the nation's
elections more accurate and secure by helping states move to paper
ballots over touch-screen electronic machines. On Tuesday, the bill,
which needed a two-thirds majority to pass, went down to defeat in the
House 239-178, with 223 Democrats in favor and 176 Republican opposed,
after the White House sent out a statement
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/110-2/saphr5036-h.pdf>
opposing the measure.
*Halliburton Profit Rises After Oil Climbs to Record
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeyAcHA3FbIY>* 21
Apr 2008 Halliburton Co., the world's second-largest oilfield
contractor, said profit rose 5.8 percent after crude topped $100 a
barrel, prompting producers to increase spending on Middle East and
Latin American projects. First-quarter net income climbed to $584
million from $552 million a year earlier, Houston-based Halliburton said
today in a statement.
*Halliburton CEO: International Oil Service Margins Have Not Peaked
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200804210956DOWJONESDJONLINE000444_FORTUNE5.htm>*
21 Apr 2008 Spending on oilfield services is set to take off in the U.S.
and Canada in the second half of 2008, while the boom is likely to
continue internationally, said David Lesar, chief executive of
Halliburton Co. Lesar's comments are the latest indication that North
America, the world's largest market for oilfield services, is on the
rebound after a patchy 2007.
*Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
<http://www2.nysun.com/article/74994>* 21 Apr 2008 Many parts of
America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now
confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major
retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast
are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand
outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers
are hoarding grain stocks. [*Taking a page from the Exxon Mobil
playbook, Bush's agri-terrorists have declared war on the US consumer.*]
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