1. ECONOMY:
Stimulus could have $20-$25 billion in energy tax breaks, Dems say
The upcoming economic stimulus bill could have an energy tax package worth between $20 billion to $25 billion, Democratic senators in talks with President-elect Barack Obama's economic team said yesterday. The figure would at least double the energy tax plan that Obama's team initially floated, according to Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
