Posted on 09/29/2008 4:00:47 AM PDT by NCDragon
WASHINGTON With the House slated to vote Monday on a deeply unpopular $700 billion rescue plan for beleaguered financial companies, President Bush and congressional leaders were scrambling to corral support.
Bush called the election-year vote a difficult one for lawmakers but said he is confident Congress will pass a measure his top economic officials have argued is vital to averting a broader economic meltdown.
"Without this rescue plan, the costs to the American economy could be disastrous," Bush said in a written statement Sunday.
Convincing their colleagues to back the plan despite thousands of angry phone calls, e-mails and letters pouring in from angry constituents proved a tall order for leaders in both parties.
"Now we have to get the votes," said Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the majority leader. He said the measure could pass the Senate as early as Wednesday.
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Tar and feathers.
>> “Nobody wants to have to support this bill,” said Rep. John A. Boehner
Then DON’T support it, Boner! Stiffen up, man.
The Dems have the majority....let THEM VOTE FOR IT!
I agree with GWB on this: I am also confident that Congress will pass this bailout. Congress nearly always does the WRONG thing!
Boehner might be getting an eternal nickname: either “Little GWB” or “Chicken Little”!
I hope McCain and the republicans put the kibosh on this. If not they destroy conservatism and the party.
Just say no.
More accuracy.
All Republicans should vote Present.
“Just say no.”
Where have I heard that before?
;-)
It is a simple plan- let the dems pass this travesty.
This bill MUST be killed.
Glad that they find sticking us w/ a 700 Billion dollar bill is so funny.
>> Boehner might be getting an eternal nickname: either Little GWB or Chicken Little!
I have a few other nicknames for him and the other socialists. Mrs. Tick gets mad when I use these nicknames around the house. I probably ought to use them *here* in the forum, so I’ll get banned and I can get some work done.
And if they don't, the American People should.
It's time for this country to take back our money from the money masters, once again.
The Money Masters - How International Bankers Gained Control of America - 215 min - Mar 27, 2007
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936
Money As Debt - 47 min - Feb 12, 2007
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.
~James Garfield,
20th President
Assassinated, 1881
I wish our congress critters could all be held down and forced to watch these two videos, kinda like in Clockwork Orange... (No, they don't recommend going back to a gold standard.)
Dow futures down 200, the bailout is really working(eyes rolling)
Not only was that bill paid in full, by the deaths of 618,000 Americans in the Civil War, but this little gem should make them owe enough that they will become assimilated ... finally.
Yeah, but that seems to be moving toward green. Way too early to determine what “the markets” will do yet.
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