TARP was passed with Republican votes and signed by a Republican president. They cannot evade responsibility for this disastrous bill, the template for Obanomics and equal to McCain-Feingold as the worst bill enacted in my lifetime.
And there were a goodly number of Goldman Sachs arse lickers here on FR who supported it too.....
True enough, but Obama and the libs are claiming credit for it because they believe it worked. In the House, TARP (HR 1424) passed 263-171. The Dems voted 172-91 FOR it and the Reps voted 108-63 AGANIST it. In the Senate, it passed 74-26 with Dems voting 40-9 FOR it and Reps voting 33-15 FOR it.
The Reps certainly bear responsibility for it but they were far from being alone. They did try to block the release of the second $350 billion in January 2009, but they did not because they just didn't have the votes.