Epstein Secrets

likely would result in a partial shutdown of the federal government, similar to t=ose that occurred in 1995 and 1996. The letter is mixed news =or Boehner and other GOP leaders who view a government shutdown as politic=lly unwise. The federal 2013 fiscal y=ar ends Sept. 30. New money must be appropriat

some pipeline projects, including the Keystone XL, meant to mov= Canadian oil to Gulf Coast refineries. The federal government is still studying the Keystone pipeline and has yet to issue needed permit=. Steve Kean, president and=chief operating officer of Kinder Morgan Inc., KMI +0.30% one of sever=l int

cent of the popular vote. The President talked of the election breaking the "fever" in Washington. "We didn't expect the floodgates would open and Boehner would be Tip O'Neill to our Reagan," Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to the President, said. But reelection, he thought, had "liberated" Obama. The

here are those who just want to burn down the house.") He played both sides of the environment issues, rehearsing the arguments for and against the Keystone pipeline and sympathizing with the desire of China and India to lift millions out of poverty—but if they consume energy the way the United States h

s). The bill also pledges to withhold the salaries in escrow of the Senate and/or House unless each approves a budget by April 15 (#NoBudgetNoPay). Boehner says the GOP will leave the $1.2 trillion of automatic spending cuts of sequestration in place (set to begin March 1) "unless and until we get spend

• Allergan to buy Map Pharmaceuticals (MAPP) for $958 million ($25/share = 60% premium to close) • Governor of Nebraska approves revised route for Keystone pipeline, Obama must now decide (NYT) • Siemens O1 sales inline, op profit ahead, confirms guidance, sees 2013 sales close to 2012 (trading -0.88%)