Bailout Bill

Solar Legislation Stagnates Because of Bailout

EcoGeek | Hank Green | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

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At the top of my list of dropped stocks today you'd expect the banks. But what comes next... what, would you guess, is the biggest loser outside of th...

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Senate to vote on rescue plan with added tax cut

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In a bold bid to revive President Bush's multibillion-dollar financial rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote for Wednesday n...

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Illinois Delegation Split On Bailout Bill

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

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The surprise failure of bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the Illinois House delegation. Illinois House Democrats YES Bean, D....

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Barney Frank: Today's Vote "One Of The Truly Great Coincidences In History Of Numerology"

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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With the bailout bill failing to pass in the House of Representatives, Democrats and Republicans are pointing the finger of blame at each other. Repu...

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Play Bail!

Steven Weber | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

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So the "bailout"'s gonna pass eventually -- you wait and see -- and the country's worst economic nightmare since the Great Depression will have been avoided.

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Bailout House Vote Reaction: Bill Fails 228 To 205

Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Joe Klein: I do blame McCain for his puerile histrionics and for dragging this issue--which should have been above partisanship--into presidential po...

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Bailout Package Fails As Dow Plunges

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

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In an extraordinary gamble on the future of the global economy, the House of Representatives voted down the $700 billion Wall Street bill 205-228, as ...

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Bailout Bill: Full Text Of Plan

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

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Read below for the full text of the compromise bailout legislation agreed to on Sunday afternoon. Click on "full screen" to see a larger version. For...

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Sen. John McMighty-Mouse: "Here I Come to Save the Day!"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

Why stop with Wall Street? There are plenty of other crises for which McCain could come to the rescue. Take the New York Mets, for example.

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Report: Lawmakers Set To Draft Final Bailout Bill

Reuters | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

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U.S. congressional Democrats and Republicans plan to meet on Thursday to draft a final bipartisan Wall Street bailout bill, a Democratic source said o...

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Obama: McCain Has Had "An Election-Year Conversion" On Economy

Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama moved to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility in a roiling economy, vowing o...

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Welcome to the final stages of the coup...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Larisa Alexandrovna

UPDATES AT BOTTOM If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar In 2000, the long fought for and ...

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