1.0 link 148106 <![CDATA[Mandate Watch: Obama Backs Off Promise to Pass Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/mandate-watch-obama-backs_b_148106.html Good news and bad news in the last day. The good news: Barack Obama has appointed a NAFTA critic, Rep. Xavier Becerra, as the next U.S. Trade Representative (more on that here). The bad news is this just off the Reuters wire:

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is not planning to implement a windfall profit tax on oil companies because prices have dropped below $80 a barrel, an aide said on Tuesday...

Obama, who signaled early in his campaign...

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