Who voted which way on the failed 9/29/08 bailout package

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How do I find out this information ? I want to know how my Congressperson voted. If they voted for it, I want to hammer them. Anyone have a link ?
 
You can find that information here; but it looks like it is a few days old:

<a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/">http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/</a>
 
meh... reposting the link



<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml">House vote record on bailout bill</a>.
 
Jeez, just watched Hank at his press conference at the White House. He looked panicked. I was a little pissed he only took 4 questions too.....WTF !
 
[quote author="Trooper" date=1222747977]Jeez, just watch Hank at his press conference at the White House. He looked panicked. I was a little pissed he only took 4 questions too.....WTF !</blockquote>
Anything he says can set off a full blown panic, or potentially a full blown rebellion, so I'm rather glad he kept his trap shut.
 
Here's the weenie that didn't have the courage <a href="http://weller.house.gov/District/">to even cast a vote.</a>



Any IHB'rs from Illinois ? Oh yeah, PANDA !
 
<a href='http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=2141860'><img src='http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/9/29/128671992334476235.jpg' alt='funny pictures' /></a>
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Thanks for the info FreedomCM



Here's the list of California and how they voted:



<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/">California elected officials</a>
 
[quote author="Trooper" date=1222755379]Thanks for the info FreedomCM



Here's the list of California and how they voted:



<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/">California elected officials</a></blockquote>


At the macro level, 2 of 3 Democrats voted for the bailout, 2 of 3 Republicans voted against it.
 
The bailout cost $700 billion.



The market blew off $1.5 trillion just today.



It's absolutely a good idea to not pass this. I'd much rather pay ten or twenty times the price based on principal that deregulation has been a good thing.
 
I just wrote Howard Berman D-CA, the nastiest email he's ever gotten. Harumph.



It went something like this :



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[quote author="no_vaseline" date=1222758965]The bailout cost $700 billion.



The market blew off $1.5 trillion just today.



It's absolutely a good idea to not pass this. I'd much rather pay ten or twenty times the price based on principal that deregulation has been a good thing.</blockquote>


I wish the Irvine housing market would sell off by 6-7% in a day...
 
[quote author="skek" date=1222760971]The current bailout rumor is that the Democrats are going to strip some of the pro-Wall Street stuff out of the bill, add some of the populist stuff that was negotiated out in committee (tougher exec comp limits, mechanism for BK judges to modify mortgages, union proxies, etc.) and try to pass the bailout on a straight party-line vote.</blockquote>


Great, the bailout tilts from Wall St. firms to the specuvesting no-doc borrowers that shouldn't have bought in the first place. Either way, the wrong damn groups are getting bailed out... Hell, I might rather line the pockets of lenders and bank with Fed cash vs. save the home of Fred Flipper from foreclosure.
 
[quote author="no_vaseline" date=1222758965]The bailout cost $700 billion.



The market blew off $1.5 trillion just today.



It's absolutely a good idea to not pass this. I'd much rather pay ten or twenty times the price based on principal that deregulation has been a good thing.</blockquote>
My wife's retirement account took a good hit today, mainly because any stocks worth anything got sold off, and she was fine with it; she'd rather lose a little personal wealth now than see the entire country saddled with a bad "bailout". Your snarkiness aside, there are millions of people who support those who voted against the bailout. Some don't like bailing out billionaires, some don't like socializing losses, and others (like my wife and I) think that we've got to let the world crumble sooner rather than later so we can get it rebuilt and avoid passing on this crap to the next generation. For whatever their reasons, people demanded that their representatives heed their wishes and a majority of them did just that. I, for one, am glad to be an American today.



But hey, don't let us stop you from feeling morally superior in your derision.
 
[quote author="skek" date=1222760971]The current bailout rumor is that the Democrats are going to strip some of the pro-Wall Street stuff out of the bill, add some of the populist stuff that was negotiated out in committee (tougher exec comp limits, mechanism for BK judges to modify mortgages, union proxies, etc.) and try to pass the bailout on a straight party-line vote.</blockquote>
Clearly they are operating under the assumption that it was the details (or the evil Republicans), rather than the premise, that caused the bill to fail. If people don't speak up and reinforce their position with their Congressional representatives, I can see many Dems being persuaded.
 
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