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Bailout Roll Call

Oct. 4, 2008
Roll Call By a 263-171 vote, the House on Friday approved a $700 billion government bailout bill for the battered financial industry. How the Bay Area delegation voted (a "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill; an asterisk indicates a member who changed his/...
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Paulson: Bailout not for auto industry

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The bailout package is for the financial industry, not the U.S. auto industry, despite its importance to the economy, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

Merkel urges banks to accept bailout help

BERLIN, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said banks should take advantage of a $637 billion government bailout plan few have availed themselves of so far.

Gallup says bailout 'shocked' consumers

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Gallup polls indicate the U.S. public received "a major psychological shock" when it learned banks required a financial bailout bill, the research group said.

Nader decries financial bailout bill

WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Independent U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader has decried the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry.

Code Pink protesters see red over bailout

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A group demonstrated in the Senate offices of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, protesting their support of a Wall Street bailout.

House votes down bailout plan

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected the historic $700 billion bailout bill for the U.S. financial markets on a 205-228 vote Monday.

House GOP rebukes Bush on bailout plan

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. House Republican move to scuttle a $700 billion financial bailout bill is the culmination of frustrations with the White House, observers say.

Lobbyists work hard to shape bailout bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Lobbyists for the U.S. financial services industry are in a "feeding frenzy," pleading the industry's case for a $700 billion bailout, observers said.

Bush: U.S. economy in crisis

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said the nation's economy would suffer catastrophic effects if Congress fails to pass a bailout of the financial industry.

EU says bailout not right for Europe

MAD, Spain, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- European Union finance minister Joaquin Almunia said Europe should not employ the same bailout plan under consideration in the United States.

Loan for automakers elicits bailout fears

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Members of the Michigan congressional delegation in Washington said a federal loan to the U.S. auto industry is not a bailout.

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