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We had Here's the quick list of the senators who voted NO on bailout/economic rescue. "Our gang of 15" Allard (R) Barasso (R) Brownback (R) Bunning (R) Cochran (R) Crapo (R) DeMint (R) Dole (R) Enzi (R) Inhofe (R) Roberts (R) Sessions (R) Shelby (R) Vitter (R) Wicker (R)

The Edwards '08 Campaign for President has quietly refunded almost $4 million to individual contributors, a number of them, bundlers and big backers. This should be news to Warren Buffet who recently mused that Edwards' supporters should get together and file a class action suit. It seems another "class" has already had their contributions refunded--and it's not the "grassroots" little guys. We had no idea the campaign was handing out refunds until we happened to come across the information while perusing the site OpenSecrets.org and the data supplied to the Federal Election Commission by the Edwards' campaign. We were baffled,...

* The John Edwards' campaign has already refunded $3,831,398 to contributors--many who contributed the maximum of $2300. * 2,247 donors have already received money back from the John Edwards--many who are trial attorneys and political "bundlers"--and most received it back on March 24. * Refunds to small donors under $100 have accounted for only 1/5th of one percent, so far, according to Open Secrets.com. * The Edwards campaign still has $4,791,200 cash on hand, according to its July 31, 2008 filing. For any readers who gave money to the John Edwards' campaign and are now upset that perhaps that...

Jimmy Deignan's first time was with a $500 portable DVD player. He bought it a few years ago at Best Buy for a Boston-to-Los Angeles flight, knowing he would return it for a full refund when he got back. More recently, in November, rather than spending $600 to rent a LCD projector for a business presentation, the Holden resident purchased one at Staples, then returned it a few days later and got his money back. The way Deignan sees it, he is just a smart shopper: He gets the things he needs, uses them for as long as he wants,...

WASHINGTON -- Habitual congressional gridlock usually has no impact on the lives of ordinary Americans. But what happened on the Senate floor last Friday just before lawmakers recessed for their Thanksgiving break will delay tax refunds next year for some 50 million taxpayers who count on them. The underlying reason is a 38-year-old congressional tax blunder that never has been corrected. In 1969, Congress passed the alternative minimum tax (AMT) to collect from 155 tax-avoiding millionaires. But because the scheme was not indexed for inflation, this year alone it would hit 23 million extra people with taxes higher than intended....

Hsu victims get no refunds from candidatesBy: Ben Smith Oct 23, 2007 05:38 PM EST Source invested $40 million with Hsu in what its backers believed to be an apparel industry venture. Photo: AP When Democratic megadonor Norman Hsu was exposed as a scam artist, Democrats scrambled to get rid of the cash he had shoveled into their campaigns. They gave his contributions away to recipients from Habitat for Humanity to the U.S. Treasury to an upstate New York school for autistic children. There is a set of deserving recipients who haven’t seen a dime, however: Norman Hsu’s victims. A...

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The Question: I'm getting a big federal tax refund. What now? Sometime between now and April 15, John and Jane Doe expect to file a tax return along with about 130 million other Americans. And like 126 million federal income tax filers, the Does will receive a refund. As the average American family, they'll get back $1,800. Boy are they happy. But what should they do with it? John's thinking about a down payment on a car. The kids have visions of Disneyland. Jane wants to put it away for the kids' college education. The Check: A windfall or a...

Federal regulators must order retroactive refunds to California residents for electricity overcharges they paid during the energy crisis, a U.S. appeals court ruled today in a decision that could force power companies to return about $2.8 billion. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ``abused its administrative discretion by declining to order refunds'' because the agency ``improperly concluded that retroactive refunds were not legally available.'' The court, however, declined to order refunds itself and said that should be determined by the federal regulators. It wasn't immediately known whether the energy companies at the heart...

As jobs go, it's not as hopeless as running the Michael Jackson Day Care Center or chaperoning Paris Hilton. But giving away cash is brutal, soul-crushing work. Maybe it's my technique. Recently, a friend who labors for – speaking of life-sapping jobs – the Internal Revenue Service slipped me a document that's as fat as a phone book. It lists 3,300 San Diego County taxpayers who are richer than they think they are. All 3,300 filed their 2003 taxes. All had refunds coming. None, for a whole host of "the-dog-ate-my-Form-1040" excuses, received the bucks they have coming. In some cases,...

<p>WASHINGTON — Taxpayers' refund checks will increase nearly 27% to an average $2,500 per family early next year, according to new forecasts from tax experts and economists, who say the windfalls will aid consumers, the economy and President Bush's re-election campaign. As a result of the 2003 tax cut, about 8 million families who did not receive refunds this year will likely get them in 2004, says tax software publisher Petz Enterprises. It estimates refunds for the tax season will go to 108 million households vs. 100 million this year and will total $227 billion. That's up 38% from 2003. Merrill Lynch estimates total refunds from February through May will be up 34% from this year.</p>

Refund checks await 22,000 Texans If you are one of almost 22,000 Texans on a new IRS list, the federal tax collecting agency is looking for you. There's nothing to worry about, though; the Internal Revenue Service wants to give you money. The agency announced Monday that it has undelivered income tax refunds for Texans totaling more than $11.8 million. That includes $974,000 for 1,517 people in Austin. Some of the dough is from the refund checks that bounce back to the agency every year, usually after people move. About two-thirds of the money in Texas was sent out after...

WASHINGTON - More than $118 million in tax refunds and advance child credit payments owed to more than 200,000 taxpayers went undelivered this summer, the Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) said Monday. "All we need is a good address. As soon as we get the correct address, we can start the check on its way," IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said. Families who expected but didn't receive an advance child credit payment this summer must act by Dec. 5 to claim an undelivered refund this year. After the deadline, families must wait until they file their 2003 tax returns...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryAugust 2, 2003 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, we received some encouraging news on the economy. The nation's economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter. Manufacturers are receiving more orders and their inventories need to be replenished, home builders are busy meeting near-record demand, and retailers report that consumers are buying more goods. Many economists expect that growth will accelerate in the coming months. Yet this week's employment report also shows that many Americans who want to work are still having trouble finding a job. My administration...

<p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Get ready for a fatter paycheck.</p> <p>July 1 marks the day when employers begin implementing the lower withholding rates mandated by the new tax law signed into law this spring.For some households that will meanan extra $20 or more a paycheck (hey, it adds up).</p>

<p>If price-gouging traders and producers aren't forced to pay, smaller states may balk at deregulating their power markets.</p> <p>SACRAMENTO – Most states in the nation won't deregulate their wholesale power markets unless federal regulators order refunds when generators manipulate markets and defraud customers, California officials said.</p>

<p>California continues to build its claim that the state was unfairly gouged by power companies last year, but but consumers paying record-high electricity rates shouldn't expect to see refund checks anytime soon.</p> <p>While Gov. Gray Davis loudly maintains the state is owed $8.9 billion by the nation's generators, experts say the final tally will be nowhere near that high even if California wins its case.</p>

<p>In a report that offers California hope for an extra $1 billion in refunds for electricity market abuses, federal regulators Tuesday said the natural gas prices used to calculate the refunds may have been manipulated.</p> <p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also launched formal investigations of five energy companies suspected of manipulating electricity prices and indicated it may target their corporate profits for repayments. And it again asked Congress for more authority to punish abusers.</p>

PORTLAND -- Oregon regulators are among groups pushing the federal government to investigate electricity markets during the energy crisis of 2000-2001. But unlike some, Oregon doesn't want federal regulators to order refunds for victims of price gouging or other illegal trading activities. Refunds, said the Oregon Public Utility Commission, "would punish the innocent along with the wrongdoers" and "be unfair, inequitable and impractical." The comments, in documents submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week, hint at the complexities of a federal investigation that began 3 1/2 months ago. The comments also expose the divergent opinions held by the...