• Financial Bailout Fails in the House

    • By: Rich Miller
      September 29th, 2008

    The $700 billion financial bailout bill has just failed in the House, being voted down 227-206. House Republicans voted 2-1 against the bill. The Dow has been fluctuating, but has been off as much as 705 points. 

    UPDATE: There will be no revote today. The House is breaking for the Rosh Hashanah holiday, which begins at sundown.

    • Janet Reed

    Posted September 29th, 2008

    Something has got to give…this didn’t happen in the last week.
    Congress must come together to bail the economy out, lessons
    must be learned, rules must be put into place and some one
    must oversee and enforce these rules…..Enforcement must
    not be compromised!

    And it fails! Bloggers react. « Politics and Profits: Business and the 2008 Election

    Posted September 29th, 2008

    [...] And it fails! Bloggers react. Posted on September 29, 2008 by John Stodder Thirteen votes short.  There will be no revote today because of Rosh Hashanah. [...]

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