Congress Bailout Vote

Bailout Is Capitalism Murdering Democracy

David Sirota | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


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.

Local GOP Reps Blasted For Bailout Votes

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


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

Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


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...

Worse than Hoover

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


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.

House Bailout Vote: The Uprising Comes to Wall Street and Washington

David Sirota | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Will the Democratic leadership make this bill a vehicle for the kind of New Deal-style investments and regulations that are necessary to start rebuilding this country, and pass this bill with full Democratic support?