(see comments for correction)
Here's the financial mess explained handily, if you're interested.
Now back to our usual programming...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
How Can You Just Not Show?
According to this NYT map, the majority of MD's representatives--- Wayne Gilchrest, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Steny Hoyer and Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.-- didn't vote last night on the so-called "bailout" package ...
(see comments for correction)
Here's the financial mess explained handily, if you're interested.
Now back to our usual programming...
(see comments for correction)
Here's the financial mess explained handily, if you're interested.
Now back to our usual programming...
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You know how in China they'll occasionally execute white collar criminals in order to set an example and make the others behave? I'm thinking we could use some of that over here as well.
Hi there. You misread the map - Gilchrest, Ruppersberger, Sarbanes, Van Hollen and Hoyer were all there and voted for the bill. There was only one member of Congress that did not vote at all - Weller from Illinois - and that's likely because he's not running for reelection. Here's a link to the vote tally directly from the House Clerk website: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml
I agree with the commenter above. After the vote, I received an email from Sarbanes or someone in his office saying that he voted for the bill.
Thanks, readers.
ack, they voted FOR it, that's even worse than not showing up!
I am big fan of this well maintained blog, but I feel a certain professional obligation to note that the "what really happend" link is to a very poor, decidedly crackpot economic story filled with one sophistry after another. For good filters of economic story telling and information related to the bailout, I recommend www.marginalrevolution.com (more libertarian bias, tempered with pragmatism) and http://delong.typepad.com/ (more social democratic, with partisan overtones)
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