Voters took a scythe to the Members of Congress who switched their votes to pass the financial services bailout legislation in October and those whose votes in 2000 set the stage for the financial crisis.
Except . . . it was a very dull scythe. Maybe one without a blade.
Of the 59 people featured in [...]
(Last bailout post for a while, I swear! Maybe.)
Of course, people are looking to see how their representatives voted, whether or not they changed their votes last week.
So like we did with the House vote Monday, in which the bailout failed, here’s the list of all House members and their votes on [...]
It was incomplete, our feature on Members of Congress whose change of mind on the financial services bailout allowed that legislation to pass. There is one more vote-switcher out there: Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington state.
But McDermott switched his vote the other way – from supporting the bailout on Monday to opposing [...]
. . . Or for those who preferred the “rescue package,” the Members of Congress listed below are a group who saw the light. Or they were strong-armed by their party leadership. Or they horse-traded their support for some benefit to themselves or their districts.
Each of these explanations may be true in one or another [...]
[Update: Check out the new post, "A Bailout Rogues Gallery . . ."]
The Members of Congress who changed their votes to pass financial services bailout legislation, which failed in the House on Monday, surely knew that they were taking a high-profile vote. So let’s give them that high profile!
If you support the bailout, [...]