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House likely to vote Friday

Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:02 PM by Carrie Dann
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From NBC's Mike Viqueira
House Democrats had a conference call late this morning. The upshot: they will likely put the loaded up Senate financial rescue package on the floor on Friday.

There are two caveats.  First, the Senate will have to pass their version of the bill tonight. That's likely; passage is considered to be almost a lock.The second provision: House Republicans will have to show that they can deliver more votes. The Senate package is designed to attract Monday's wayward GOP representatives, and Democratic leaders now think that they aren't going to lose fiscally-minded Blue Dogs and that their "aye" vote count from Monday will at least hold, if not grow.

Congressional leaders appear to have learned a lesson and will not put the package on the floor unless they are assured that the votes are there. The last thing they want is a replay of Monday's failed vote.

The House remains in recess until tomorrow, but Republican House chiefs John Boehner and Roy Blunt are in the Capitol today, working the phones and looking for votes for the Senate plan.

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Not on my dollar they're not.

Vote NO to bigger and bigger government!!
FR: First, the Senate will have to pass their version of the bill tonight. That's likely; passage is considered to be almost a lock.


Nancy said the same thing on Monday. You see where that got her.
what are the differences in the two plans?

if this is similar to the house bill in bailing out wall street i'm not a fan of it...

http://horneddevil.proboards98.com/index.cgi#general
my understanding of the bill is that the goverment will be buying the bad assests. The money is not going to wall street. Second,  the congress is approving $250 billion and the treasury has to prove that this works. If it does, then the congress will approve more. The bill allows people to renegotiate their mortages, raised the fdic to $250 thousand from $100 thousand which benefits small businesses.  Obama is proposing a security tax so it puts the burden of big business to flip the bill instead of taxpayers. It is better than what was initally proposed.
The House all want to get home and campaign; this will get done this week.
But, apparently, everyone is in such a hurry that the public will have no chance to look at the new bill. No actual testimony of cause or effect, no real definition of the problem, no one can say it will or won't work, it supposedly will pay for itself, etc. etc. This whole things smells something awful.

I have a question to the citizens of Alaska.

Has Sarah been embarrassing you?  

Did she have you all completely snowed?

Has her popularity decreased?

I did see the protest against Palin in Alaska.  Those people seemed to be reasonable and happy to voice their views.  Why are they not being covered by the media.

The more I find out about Sarah, the more I am very afraid of her in the VP position.

And I guess she is likable, if you can get past there shrill voice...

I viewed her debates online and she did well.  I am sure she will have the mccain talking points down cold by tomorrow.

BUT THAT DOES NOT make her ready to run the country.

I hear people say she has more experience than Obama.  I disagree.  Him running his own presidential campaign is comparable to running her state with it's population.  PLUS, for almost 2 years he has put himself out there for us to test and evaluate every little detail of his life... even his kindergarten papers!

He's been in his State Senate and a Law professor after EARNING the job as president of the Harvard Law Review.

His BS degree did not take 6 years, like hers (failing out of two of them).
I expect her to read and memorize since she was a news caster before mayor of her small town.

I am a Republican woman over 50 and could not vote for her or Mccain because

                I CARE about MY COUNTRY!





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