About an hour ago, the House voted down the $700 billion bailout proposal cobbled together over the past week. The final tally was 205-228. As predicted, there was a good amount of crossover, with 95 Democrats voting against and 65 Republicans voting for. We're trying to ...
About an hour ago, the House voted down the $700 billion bailout proposal cobbled together over the past week. The final tally was 205-228. As predicted, there was a good amount of crossover, with 95 Democrats voting against and 65 Republicans voting for. We're trying to get some responses from various members of the Illinois congressional delegation. In the meantime, here's how the delegation voted (Republicans in italics):
AYES
Bean, Davis, Emanuel, Foster, Gutierrez, Hare, Kirk, Lahood, SchakowskyNAYS
Biggert, Costello, Jackson, Johnson, Lipinski, Manzullo, Roskam, Rush, Shimkus
Retiring GOP Rep. Jerry Weller was the only member of the House not to vote.
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