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Bailout Vote

Bailout Votes Could Hurt Congressional Candidates

AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON - The nation's economic uncertainty is creating political uncertainty for a few Illinois politicians running for re-election. Congressiona...

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Illinois Reps Vote For Bailout 13-6

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz and Paul Merrion | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

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Collectively holding its nose but voting yes anyhow, the House of Representatives has taken final action on a revised $700-billion financial bailout p...

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Bailout Is Capitalism Murdering Democracy

David Sirota | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

The Wall Street bailout bill is a lot of things -- a giveaway, a heist, a legislative manifestation of crony corruption. But it's structure is pure authoritarian capitalism.

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Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — In the end, congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial mar...

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Stocks decline on unemployment, factory reports

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Pessimism about a protracted economic downturn washed over the financial markets Thursday, sending stocks plunging and further tighte...

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House Bailout Vote Could Still Hold Surprises

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — A wave of House converts jumped aboard the $700 billion financial industry bailout Thursday on the eve of a make-or-break second vo...

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Main Street and Wall Street -- We're in This Together

Tom Donohue | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

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Tom Donohue

The defeat of the financial rescue plan in the House of Representatives on Monday dealt a needless blow to an already faltering economy. Investors lost $1.2 trillion in wealth.

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Is The Rage Against The Bailout Plan Reasonable?

Wall Street Journal | James Stewart | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

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They're angry and they're not going to take it anymore. That's the message opponents of the proposed financial rescue, now widely derided as a bailou...

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Local GOP Reps Blasted For Bailout Votes

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Five Illinois Republicans who helped defeat the Bush administration's financial rescue bill are under pressure by the National Assn. of Manufacturers ...

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I'd Post About David Gergen Calling The House Bailout Vote "Shockingly Irresponsible," But It's Probably Not A Good Idea To Offend Anyone Right Now

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

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Senate passes $700B rescue; House votes lured

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage ...

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Machiavellian, Again

Bill Marovitz | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Bill Marovitz

If I were a McCain strategist, I would find any excuse to keep the bailout proposal from passing and send panic throughout the markets. Then, I would have my favorite presidential candidate ride in, dressed like a white knight.

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Putting Policy over Politics

Doug Schoen | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Doug Schoen

The recent effort to repair the country's ailing financial system was a perfect opportunity to make historic progress in ending the vicious partisanship that has characterized Washington for decades.

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Jason Linkins

Rep, James Clyburn: To Pass Bailout, Add Bankruptcy Provisions Opposed By Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Representative James Clyburn came to the defense of House Democrats this morning, telling MSNBC's Joe Scarborough that after all the votes are tallied...

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What the Failure of the Bailout Package Means to the Presidential Race

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

It was the right-wing Republicans who prevented the success of yesterday's publicly unpopular bailout -- and ironically, it will be the fortunes of the right that suffer most as a result. Here's why.

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The Failure of "Because I Say So"

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

As an American typically ignorant of the arcane ways of the financial wizards, what was missing for me in the scare talk last week was somebody who could put the danger in concrete terms.

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Bailout Break Down: How Illinois Voted

Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

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"The surprise failure of the bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the 19-member Illinois House delegation, with the results mirror...

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How Politics Trumped Governance

Ron Suskind | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Ron Suskind

So, how did we get a war inside the Republican party that may leave the economy in shambles? Look to the end of last week, when McCain made his odd Washington cameo.

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GOP Fallback: When In Doubt Blame Pelosi

Robert Reed | Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

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Robert Reed

If the ultra-conservative GOP wing has a real plan for rescuing this economy then let's see it. If not, then let's go with this plan and move on. But don't insult the country, or waste its time, with this political nonsense and talk of bruised feelings.

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Sam Stein

McCain: Now Is Not The Time For Blame, But I Blame Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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At 5:15 p.m Monday evening, Sen. John McCain addressed a pool of reporters in Ohio, declaring that it was not the appropriate time or place for people...

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Jason Linkins

Bailout Bottom Line: The Safer The Seat, The Closer To Yes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Once the press is finished chewing over whether it was the monolithic left or the monolithic right that doomed the passage of whatever rough beast had...

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Joe Klein: McCain's "Puerile Histrionics" On Bailout Only Hurt

Time | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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I don't blame John McCain for not rounding up enough Republican votes to get this bailout bill through the House of Representatives--he's not a member...

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Sam Stein

Ed Rollins: Failure Of Bailout Will Hurt McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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A prominent GOP strategist said on Monday that John McCain handled his role in the bailout process poorly and would ultimately be hurt politically by ...

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What's Next In The Wall Street Crisis With A Dead Deal?

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

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Today, the House of Representatives denied the bailout deal negotiated by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, President George W. Bush and Congressional...

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Worse than Hoover

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

So the verdict is in. The House's failure to pass the bailout bill means that George W. Bush's record will not be as bad as Herbert Hoover's. It will be worse.

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