Bailout passes House, Goode and Goodlatte vote no
by Lindsay Barnes
The day after the U.S. Senate passed a revised version of the $700 billion bank bailout package, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve the same measure, 263-171, sending it to the White House for President Bush’s signature. Still, not everyone was impressed with the new deal. Two local Republicans— the Fifth District’s Virgil Goode (R-Rocky Mount, representing Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Nelson) and the Sixth District’s Bob Goodlatte (R-Harrisonburg, representing the Shenandoah Valley)— voted against the revised bailout. The Seventh District’s Eric Cantor (R-Henrico, representing Louisa and Orange) remained steadfast in his support of the deal, having already voted in favor of the original bill on Monday.
So McCain and Obama, what has changed in Washington?
I think something had to be done, my problem is I don’t trust any of the people involved. And some of that had better be to incarcerate the people responsible. Looking at you Barney Frank.