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To: Dog Gone
"...Together... Republicans and ... Democrats defeated an attempt to consider the compromise by a vote of 243-172. Eighty-seven Republicans and 155 Democrats voted against the measure...But ... later, ... (with)... the removal of some new bankruptcy judgeships and the deletion of the ``odious language ... The House by a vote of 244-116 passed the new bill, with no Republicans voting against it..."

I guess this is the jist of it.
2 posted on 11/15/2002 7:18:19 AM PST by error99
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To: error99
Yeah, you have to wade through a lot of garbage to figure out what really happened. Good job of summarizing.
3 posted on 11/15/2002 7:20:43 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: error99
Eighty-seven Republicans and 155 Democrats voted against the measure...But ... later, ... (with)... the removal of some new bankruptcy judgeships and the deletion of the ``odious language .

Which Republicans voted to sacrifice the lives of unborn children on the altar of credit card companies? Curious minds want to know.

4 posted on 11/15/2002 2:44:33 PM PST by A. Pole
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