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JimH wrote:
On Sep 29, 1:47 pm, A Real Boater wrote:
As the GOP House members vote down the bailout bill...

--http://tinyurl.com/4q88t6


The Dems control the House and could have passed it on their own if
they truly thought it was the best thing for the Country. 90 some
Dems voted against it.



There was an agreement from both parties that each would put up about half
the votes needed for the bill to pass. The Republicans welshed. Two thirds
of the Democratic majority voted for the bill.

The Bush Administration didn't have the political clout to sell its own
bill to its own party.


Maybe for once, the Congress Critters put policy ahead of party. Good.