Senate Sets Bank-Rescue Vote, House May Act Friday

*sigh*

Listening to the votes now.
It looks like it's going to pass.

McCain voted yes.

Obama voted yes.

McCain voted "yes".

Obama voted "yes".

Biden....well, he wasn't in the room when his name was called. He came back in and voted "yes".

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This thing's gonna pass. The vast majority of votes are yes. Damn damn damn.

Biden votes yes.

56 yes 18 no so far. At 60 or 61 it passes Senate, no questions asked.

Looking at the roll call on CSPAN2, it's passed. 74 to 25.

Now, it's left up to the House....and I am sure they will follow the Senate's lead.

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Ahh yes, American democracy at its greatest.

The people (congress) vote against a bill, yet the government pushes it through anyway!



Happy days!

74 yes, 25 no.

Consider this abomination passed in the Senate.
It's over.

reply to post by Agit8dChop


Senate is elected to?

This should send a clear message to us all. The people's opinion does not matter on capital hill anymore. Our republic is officially over. The crooks win.

This is complete insanity...

We have to get back on the House's back now, we broke them once, we can do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited to add:

They're calling the roll again...



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reply to post by XTexan


We won't break them.

This has turned into a "Christmas Tree" bill....hang what you want on it as long as it is passed.

I guess the first vote was for the Dodd amendment (the guts of the bill), and now the vote is for the final, full bill (which includes or is included in the Mental Health Bill).


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The NO votes:

Allard, Wayne
Brownback, Sam
Bunning, Jim
Cantwell, Maria
Cochran, Thad
Crapo, Mike
DeMint, Jim
Dole, Elizabeth
Dorgan, Byron
Enzi, Mike
Feingold, Russ
Inhofe, Jim
Johnson, Tim
Landrieu, Mary
Nelson, Bill
Roberts, Pat
Sanders, Bernie
Sessions, Jeff
Shelby, Richard
Stabenow, Debbie
Tester, Jon
Vitter, David
Wicker, Roger
Wyden, Ron


Vote every other Senator out of office.

reply to post by anachryon


I tried to give more than 1 star, but I couldn't...

I'll be voting against the Virginia Senators, Warner and Webb.

And I'm considering not voting for Obama either, and I won't be changing to McCain. For the people... ya right


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America, I am sad for you today.

A truly great and wonderful country is being systematically dismantled by the "haves" that have been deluded into thinking they are doing something marvelous for their countrymen.

There is no quick fix to the problems you face and printing more money by creating it from thin air will, in the long term, be very costly. The only way out is the painful approach. Just ask anyone alive now that experienced the Great Depression.

You did it before and heaven knows your people have the talent to do it again. Good Luck and Godspeed. It will be very hard for those in the middle.....

reply to post by skeptic1

It's amazing isn't it. Our country is bankrupt and these fools are adding pork to a bill we can't afford already, to entice others to support it!! It's hard to wrap my brain around the complete and utter incompetence by our elected officials.
Twilight zone.

reply to post by Cynic


Thank you for the condolences, Cynic. But, there is still the House...
Unfortunately, we're all in this together, so I hope you fare well..

Final bill passes 74-25.

This was the Mental Health Bill which included the bailout bill.

reply to post by skeptic1


No big surprise there...

Have you any idea what the total package weighs, er, is going to cost us??
Realizing, of couse, that this is the Senate version. The House will undoubtedly find other pet projects to toss into the mix.

reply to post by pyrytyes


I think the amount they gave for the Senate bill was $805 to $850 billion(the original $700 billion plus all the things that were added on).

But, I am sure it will go up in the House.....adding more to the "Christmas Tree".

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