The Stephanie Miller Show - June 18 2010

June 18th, 2010

• Comedian John Fugelsang joins me in the NYC Bureau at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT for another edition of “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Who’s sorry now? Rep. Joe Barton, that’s who. The Texas Republican, the House’s top recipient of oil industry campaign contributions since 1990, apologized Thursday for apologizing to the chief of the British company that befouled the Gulf of Mexico with a massive oil spill.

• Determined to keep showing the economy is on his mind, President Barack Obama is dashing into Ohio today for the groundbreaking of a road project, hoping to remind the nation that the massive, costly stimulus act is still churning out jobs.

• A Democratic bill to extend jobless benefits and raise taxes on investment fund managers failed a key vote in the Senate on Thursday, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama’s push to boost the economy.

• Kobe Bryant, the NBA Finals MVP, scored 23 points despite 6-of-24 shooting, and the Lakers won their 16th NBA championship Thursday night, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals.