BMW-Riding German Finance-Minister-in-Waiting Says Slash Taxes (Bloomberg)
August 27th, 2009
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Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — The man who may become Germanys finance minister after next months elections, Hermann Otto Solms , says tax and spending cuts are needed to lift the nation out of its worst economic crisis since World War II.
Quinn to act today on campaign finance bill (Chicago Tribune)
Gov. Pat Quinn is set to take action on a campaign finance bill that Republicans lawmakers have called on him to veto. GOP leaders in the General Assembly say the bill is flawed and they want to work on a new version. Quinn has hinted he’ll use his amendatory veto powers to rewrite the bill that passed the Democrat-controlled legislature. Critics have complained the bill doesn’t go far enough on …
