Actually the bit in the end was just update. My main point of posting last night was the Halliburton overcharging bit and the Republicans tossing out the provision about:

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the provision would have subjected those who deliberately defrauded the United States or Iraq to jail terms of up to 20 years and costly fines.
Now what is so bloody unreasonable about that? Unless of course you happen to be deliberately defrauding Iraq or the U.S.

Any way you look at it. Something smells fishy.

And Halliburton is no stranger to defrauding the federal Government:

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2002/02/04/daily39.html

Teapot Dome is starting to look like small potatoes.