OK, OK. I don’t have time for this.
But here’s a bit to acknowledge that this crisis thing is big stuff for this country (and for the world, no doubt).
| House defeats financial industry bailout bill
The House has defeated the $700 billion bail-out legislation for the financial industry. More than enough members of the House had cast votes to defeat the Bush administration-pushed bill, but the vote was held open for a while, apparently as efforts were under way to persuade people to change their vote. On Wall Street, stocks plummeted as investors followed the developments in Congress. |
I’m surprised they defeated it.
So it’s “the Bush administration-pushed bill” — never mind Pelosi-pushed, Reed-pushed, Franks-pushed, etcetera-pushed. 🙄
But they held the vote open?! I guess I’d forgotten they could do that while they tried to armtwist and/or threaten and/or entice persuade people to change their votes. Wow! 😯
And stocks plummeted. By more than 700 points at one point. But “only” 514 as I type.