Senate Bailout Bill Includes Tech Tax Credit Extension, eWeek.

The R&D tax credit, which expired in December for the 13th time since Congress first authorized the tax break in 1981, covers up to 20 percent of qualified research and development spending and is considered vital to innovation by the technology sector. Although popular with lawmakers, the credit has been held hostage to a larger tax bill pending before Congress.

Ifill’s book was no secret, Politico.

Not to mention, Ifill discussed it with Howard Schultz last month in the Washington Post, in the only profile she's done before the debate. (And I'd imagine someone in the campaign should have read it).