I am glad it failed

70 Billion for AIG, 170 Billion for the stimulus package, 200 billion for the
Iraq war, and 700 billion for a stimulus package…..in one year.

Thats over a trillion dollars and I all I get is a tax bill in return. Why aren't some government officials and wall street CEO's in prison??

What a totally expected ending to the bush/republican administration.

THIS SO SO POLITICAL. None of these people in congress really care about the people of this country. Those that do, don't seemed to have the guts to stand up and say enough, lets clean the mess up and then play the blame game later. They don't want to work together. I heard the Speaker of the Houses speech. It was her saying enough. It sounded to me like she was saying all of us need to be ashamed of ourselves and we need to get this taken care now and lick our wounds later. Congress really don't want to work together on this because they are too busy miniplulating for positions so they can be the hero. This is like watching kids fighting to get the one-ups. They care only about their hides and if that means miss leading the people, so be it. I say fire them all.

COME ON WE THE PEOPLE! WE MUST COME TOGETHER! NO TIME FOR 'POWER PLAYS'! I SO WISH OUR MAKER WOULD COME AND TAKE CHARGE NOW…DON'T THINK POWER & EGO WOULD RULE THEN! A PROFOUND QUOTE TO SUM IT UP……..

"WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER…….THE WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE!"

WASHINGTON WAKE UP!

PEACE*

How many people won't be able to attend college in the spring when they find out they can't get private student loans anymore? 137 lenders have stopped lending for student loans as of yesterday and 33 lenders no longer make private loans. Thanks america.

Well time to open up the soup kitchens. My grandfather worked in the mines in Picher, Oklahoma during the great depression. He made very little money, but he tried to feed his family and another widow woman with a lot of little kids. They would boil meat, from the cow my grandfather slaughtered, give the broth to the kids, but one little kid died of malnutrition. Why are Americans so selfish? Bail them out and then regulate the hell out of them. Why is it we never learn from our mistakes? Arrogance maybe?

republicans that think that they are voting against it because they do not agree are full of it… they are doing this to WIN in november.

WAKE UP!!!!!!! Dems voted for it cause the GOP told them they were voting too, then they turned around and voted no to make them look bad. THIS IS ABOUT OUR MONEY NOT THEIR STUPID SEATS IN THE HOUSE!

RE: No Hillary = No Obama: Fo rsomeone who states that no Hillary means no Obama you don't sound like a Dem to me. Asking Pelosi to tender resignation.

Also for those Republicans saying that its the dems fault? Hello you guy were in charge of congress for 6 years! Not much the Dems could do.

Pat Huntigton your a good neighbor – self server.

And speaking of blaming Republicans (as about 90% of the angry folks on here are doing), don't the Dems have the majority? If they had any true conviction that this was the right solution they would pile-drive it through.

FIRE all of them!!!! I feel like I am watching a scene from a daycare playground!!

Why is it that we the voters can't be given a few details on why this bail out is needed and is this the only way to do the job. How much money was made when the mortgage scam was working? What is the total of mortgage failure? I believe that some fat cats just can't wait for the goverment to put up so much money they already know how to gobble it up.

when King George came into office…my 401k took a terrible hit. Now that King George is leaving office…well I should have expected as much from him and his administration.

I miss Bill.

that's good. they need to let the market correct it self

Already….McCain is blaming this on Obama !!!!……is this cranky ,old man COMPLETELY out of his mind……..he should not be allowed anywhere near the White House !!!!!!

Nancy Pelosi should be in JAIL…idiot.

Yes I would vote no as well if 20% were being given to ACORN! Why is this group even considered? This is so scary? Before we elect Mr. Obama we better see what ACORN really stands for, other than uprisings. Every politician in Washington knew the potential of what could happen here. Many books were written over last 20 years warning of this. So the democrats can quit blaming the Republicans and vice versa. The scary part bailout or not. Oil first, then groceries, then banks and Insurance. The change Mr. Obama wants is what might finally do America in with us on the ropes. Before you vote not knowing you should consider. What if? and a big what if?My hat is off to the house republicans. Because you have to stand for something or you'll fall for anything the song says.

Thanks a lot republicans,yes those of you who made the great exudous from the inner cities to the gated suburbs in your $2,$3$4oo,000 houses that you couldn't really afford and made this mess for everybody.For using your lines of credit on those houses to rack up enormous debt to live the over empahsized american dream, now what? Because of you I and people like me who dream of having a modest home, just a place to call ours will never be.You say that blacks destroyed the inner cities from our exudous from the outskirts of town to the city,now look at what you caused by leaving the inner cities to the outskirts,the SUBURBS.What goes around comes around,Thanks a Lot.

If Warren Buffet says we need it, we do.\
If the republican House members are too dense to realize that, then we are all in a great deal of troubble.

These past years of GOP rule have been a winner take all grab for earmarks, tax breaks for the rich, deregulation for Wall Street and now when the whole economy is about to collapse from their greed, they wash their hands of any responsibility!

VOTE DEMOCRAT IN NOVEMBER and get rid of the greedy corrupt republicans.

We need you now more than ever Obama….save us all

Oh and Mr. Bush, thanks for nothing.

JD NC YOUR A STINKEN MORON AND A HATER. THE DEMS ARE THE FIRST ONES TO PUT US IN DEBT AT THE END OF CLINTONS BID. WHY DONT YOU FIND THE REAL FACTS. THAN THE REP,S GOT INVOLVED. SO BLAME YOUR STINKEN SIDE FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF HATING ON THE REPS. ALL THE TIME. NEITHER ONE OF THE CANIDATES GOT ANY KNOW HOW ABOUT MAKING THE ECONOMY BETTER. OBAMA IS ALL TALK. ATLEAST MCCAIN PUT A HOLD ON THE BAIL OUT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK THE TAX PAYERS SHOULD FIT THE BILL. OBAMA DIDN'T CARE IF THEY DID OR NOT. MCCAIN/PALIN COUNTRY FIRST

Obama, Pelosi and Reid are the blame for this. We need to get rid of Congress they don't do _____!!!!!!!

"Don't bail out Wall Street!"

Wall Street is your 401(k). Wall Street is your IRA. Wall Street is your bank. Wall Street is you, stupid.

No one likes it, but just because it makes us angry doesn't mean it doesn't have to be done.

Pandering congressional buffoons.

Well, John McCain. Where is the fix you suspended your campaign to fix. This is why we voted out Republicans after six years of failure. No, I don't feel we should bail out Wall Street but this is so partisan that our economy is doomed. God Help us all. Partianship and Racism will doom this country. It's all political.

What was the reason McCain ran to Capital Hill? Was it not to get the House Repubs on board? McCain is a complete failure in every aspect. Here comes the GOP spin machine…

GET YOUR MONEY, SAVINGS OUT OF YOUR BANK AS SOON AS YOU CAN, CAUSE, THIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE WORSE THAN IT IS NOW…..ANOTHER DEPRESSION IS KNOCKING…

Hey Gypsy what about Frank and Dodd? I suspect you think they are the best. Check where they came from.

Congressmen are "leaving town for the Jewish holidays"??? Are you serious???????????
First of all, just how many of the Congressmen are actually Jewish???
Secondly, this is just crazy. These people need to stay right there in Washington and get a bill back on the floor tomorrow for a vote. To be saying it'll be Thursday before they can come back & do anything is crazy.
You tell me who cares about who??????????

Why do I smell a McCain in this somewhere?

trying to blame the democrats madam speaker speach for the loss is just as what you can expect , this country failing becuase of a speach , the republicans played the poeple for suckers , letting the poeple belive they where for it when they looked for anything to put a stop to this bill, to save there own jobs who are at great risk as the public knows it is this adminastration for the last 8 years , the republicans gave this president anything he wanted , only now while trying to save there jobs are they saying that what the public has said for 8 years that this president had lied to this country many time and got us into a war that seems it will never end, yet these republicans still stand up for all his lies till now , they are trying to save there jobs ,but at what cost to the american poeple, the democrats also need to push the 94democrats who voted against this bill , and get them in line , if this country does have a real meltdown now it will fall on those who failed this country, this bill is really not a stock market bail out it is a american bail out. if it takes just one persons words to bring this coutry to its knees, then god be with us and god be with america. ken

Good. time to start undoing the failed policy of Bill Clinton that forced Fannie and Freddie to issue subprimes to begin with, and the failed policy that has allowed it to fester since then.

No matter how popular it is to Socialists on this board, blaming Republicans is not a strategy. Throwing $700B at a problem without debate or thorough evaluation isn't either.

People – Vote for change! This is no way to run a country.

Thank goodness some snaity came to the process.

Nancy and Harry once again go against the will of the people. When the people reject the bailout bill 100-1 how can you ever vote for it. And then she balmes the GOP. She could not even bring home her own party. They know the people do not want to use their tax $$ to artificially prop up a stock price.

They are both shining examples of why congress has an alltime low approval rating. Terrible leadership right now by the Dems.

Take a breath and let the markets work it out.

A victory for Capitalism!!!

I've heard nothing but vapid excuses for this bailout. The threat of recession is not a reason to inject Socialism into our economy. Let the bad banks fail and the people who bought houses they couldn't afford lose them so that our economy will return to equilibrium where it belongs. I don't want one cent of my federal tax dollars to go towards bailing these people out.

I noticed that this bill had greated dem support than gop support. Even now the GOP want to play the opposition party. This is just like the immigration bill all over again. Looks like Obama will have to play the role of FDR instead of JFK

Do you people who are shouting with glee even realize what this means? Do you have a clue?

It means the company you work for may have to close if they have no line of credit for payrolls and improvement projects. It means no credit to buy a car which will put thousands of auto workers out of work eventually. It means your hometown bank might fail.

I hated the fact that this had to be done but without it we are heading for disaster.

You people just don't get it.

Give the money to current homeowners to paydown thier mortages, and vie for a better interest rate to keep them in thier home. or give it to every man, woman and child, and watch the housing slump stop dead in it's track. Obviously it was to bail out top execs and not the main street tax payors

The Congress of the USA has now cost Americans their hard earned monies, depleting IRA's that have taken years to build up. This is immoral. Pelosi and company need to tender their resignations ASAP.

Republicans want us to believe that their feelings were hurt and that is why they could not produce their half of the votes. BS!!!! Is the the end result McCain went to Washington to accomplish?

I'm glad this unconstitutional bill went down. Of course, this just means the next try will have more trinkets on it to attract the remaining necessary 13 votes or so. No public money for private problems! We must take our medicince, but I have faith that when Americans remember who we are, we will find our way, this is not it. THIS IS NOT IT.

I do not believe most of the average Americans that are so proud of this vote realize that their retirements are tied to the stock market. When they get the letter that says their retirement is gone, then they will not be so proud of this vote. Also when they cannot use their credit cards, use their ATM's, or when they get the "pink slip" because their boss could not get the credit he/she needed to meet the payroll. This was not a bailout of Wall Street, but a plan that would help rescue the whole economy of the United States.

As the ship sinks, i hear the Republicans singing"Nearer My God to Thee"
This is appalling.If the economy goes down, i have one big fat finger and it is pointing in the direction of the Republican Party.

I am not sure what the answer is with regard to the bailout, but I do know this: last week a bank I had a significant CD deposit in went belly up, mutual funds actually lost money, small business owners were unable to get short term loans to make payrolls or service equipment, the dow just dropped 600 points, foreign banks are tanking. This is the fault of deregulation, absolutely. George Bush is not to be trusted, for sure. But if this problem isn't addressed, we will all be hurting. This is not just about the wall street big wigs.

It is time to stop playing politics and educate the American people just how this situation affects them…and where we are headed if this situation continues.

The media is doing a terrible job of explaining this bill. Unfortunaltly too many people think that this is just some sort of corportate giveaway using tax money and it's far more than that. If banks can't make loans then companies (larger or small) can't borrower and then they can't borrower they close up and then people lose their jobs…period. This money is not going to some CEOs country club dues. It's going to companies to free up liquidity which is needed. People who are against this bill will soon see that $700 billion is/was a small price to pay to keep this country out of a depression.

Although I'm Canadian and we may feel the effect of this American mess, I sure as hell am happy to be right where I am. Times of GREAT trouble is coming to America! It ain't gonna be pretty!

AMERICA is bankrupt. McCain needs to grow-up — you have no idea what this WAR is all about – you surrendered to the enemy long ago!
Bin Laden's 1996 Declaration of War, stated, "The financial and the economical situation of the country and the frightening future in the view of the enormous amount of debts and interest owed by the government; this is at the time when the wealth of the Ummah being wasted to satisfy personal desires of certain individuals!! while imposing more custom duties and taxes on the nation." He's won without firing a shot!

Good ! Hold out republicans ! The dems got us into this mess, make sure the bail out is going to work. The dems wasted enough of our hard earned money. I'm sure this list should be longer, but I hope some of these criminals will go to jail. Frank Raines, Daniel Mudd, James Johnson, Barack Obama, Maxine Waters, Gregory Meeks, Lacy Clay, Artur Davis, Charles Schuner.
Thank you Senator McCain , Elizabeth Dole, Richard Baker, Ed Royce,Christopher Shays, Don Manzullo,John Snow,and Alan Greenspan for trying years ago to regulate Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

Great depression # 2

Look at all the idiots on here saying it was good they didnt vote for it, thinking it wont affect them. lol… They must be smoking crack because it affects every American!

The Dow just tanked 700 points. Thats almost 7%

Dark days ahead!!!

Bail out main street first, not the people who carelessly made bad business decision.

The republicans are doomed. The Dems will fix the problem created by the repubs Bush and McCain. No more McCain – Palin.

Obama/Biden 08/12.

The only thing that gives me a little bit of relief is that I was smart enough not to vote for Bush either time.

The bad thing is that the rest of us, that voted with intelligence, have to suffer, too.

Ya knew it was going down the minute Pelosi & Reid started spewing their partisian, socialist blame game crap yesterday. Should have kept you botox mouth shout Ms. Speaker. No to socialism, only the strong survive!

Where would the vote tally be?

If people think the situation for the people is bad now, wait until they see the number of businesses that start laying people off and ultimately going out of business now that our Congress has refused to take any action to free up credit. We may see unemployment like during the Great Depression, and LOTS more people will be losing their homes. Talk about your government (in)action.

Soooo where is McCain's "leadership"? McCain is a clown and Palin a bad joke… wasn't he going to Washington to get this job done? This mess was CAUSED by republicans and now they can't get us out of it… They are pathetic! Vote for REAL NEEDED CHANGE..! OBAMA-BIDEN 08!

hello! bankruptcy court powers. dems, give them power here!

Then we can talk about bailing out companies that played craps with their company and the entire economy.

What the HECK happened McGimmick? I thought you said this gimmick would work. You even went on TV yesterday bragging about how you whipped the GOP in place, now tell me, if your own GOP party don't trust or respect you WHY SHOULD I?

Get your gimmicky behind back in Washington and FIX THIS THING!

The republican party has distroyed our country. Few likes us in the world and now our economy is in the gutter. Thanks a lot republicans, you are now toast.

Obama / Biden '08

As Goldman's chief, Paulson received an $18.7 million cash bonus for the first half of 2006, and in 2005 he was the highest paid chief executive officer on Wall Street, reaping $38.3 million in salary, stock and options. He also accumulated 3.23 million shares of Goldman's common stock worth $492 million, plus restricted shares worth $75.2 million and options to purchase 680,474 shares, according to a Goldman regulatory filing on July 2, 2006.

No one person needs or deserves this much money when hundreds of thousands are losing their hard earned retirement funds because the a corporate titans such as Paulson decided to gamble with the money we've ALREADY given them… now they want more of our tax dollars to bail themselves out??? Bravo Speaker Pelosi on your comments that swayed the needed Nay votes this evening to NOT give these greedy corporate titans one more dime of our money.

For the record, a significant number of democrats voted AGAINST this bill. Those of you blaming the republicans need to fact-check your impressions before spreading your hate.

Blame Pelosi for failure to compromise and unite her own party!

"Ample no votes came from both the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. More than two-thirds of Republicans and 40 percent of Democrats opposed the bill"

Increase taxes on business, you populists demagoguery carrying politicians… No clue on economics and no clue on foreign affairs, just talking. This is what Dem's have to offer nowadays.

FINALLY, someone made some good decisions not to vote for this bill. Way to go folks, you got something right in the last 8 years!

Obama/Biden '08

its high time we threw the bums out

I just have a question for all of those out there who seem to think this was a good idea … do you not have a 401K or a Roth IRA or something like that?? Do you not realize that average Americans invest in the stock market too and that this is hurting them??

As painful as that amount appears to be – it is a MUST. Or we tumble down to depression.

How can they play politics with our future?

The provisions of the bill are fine by me. There will be strict regulations, there will be an oversight board, there will be no parachutes. More importantly, the money will not be released all at once. it will be in stages and Paulson would have to face and prove to congress that he needs the remaining amount.

I say that's fair enough. How selfish could these politicians get?

The Republicans caused this problem, they would not support Bush,
if this causes another depression…it's their fault!!! McCain sounds like Herbert Hoover!!!! "Happy days are here again!" It's now up to the democrats to come to the rescue for the failed Republican administration!!!

John McCain will say Obama is the reason the bill failed.

CNN STOPS COMMENTS ON BAILOUT PLAN WHEN YOU TELL THE TRUTH ON WHY THE BAILOUT PLAN FAILED.
NANCY PELOSI SPOKE AS IF THE PLAN WAS HER AND HER PARTY'S SOLE PLAN FOR SOLVING/SAVING THE CONOMIC CRISIS. ALWAYS PLAYING PARTIXANSHIP AFTER HER TWO YEARS FAILURE AS LEADER OF THE DEMS PARTY IN POWER FOR TWO YEARS WITH DO NOTHING SESSIONS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RATING THIS CONGRESS THE LOWEST RATING BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN DECADES.
AS AMERICANS WOULD SAY , KICK THE BUMS OUT. VOTE REPUBLICAN.

Folks…today you witnessed the Republicans making a "political" decison, not an "economic" decision that is resulting in a dramatic drop in the financial markets. PLEASE stop the political positioning, and for ONCE THINK ABOUT MAIN STREET people. You have brought the U.S. economy to it knees and you can now see the domino effect on world wide financial markets!! Reverse the decision now and approve the Bill! Enough is enough on securing your political position!!! I just switched my vote to the Democratic ticket!

After years of Republican mismanagement of the economy, only one thing can save MCAIN now- being WHITE.

Chris Moses September 29th, 2008 2:45 pm ET
Bailout a company??? This is not what needs to be done!! Take the 700 billion and give it to every tax payer over 18 years old. Thats over $200,000 for each person.
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So, you think there are only 3.5 million taxpayers in the country. It's $7,000 per household in America. If you include people who pay FICA as taxpayers, it's probably close to $5,000 each.

It is McCain who is to be blamed for the failure

Bail out "Main St" and working people first,then Wall street will grow!

Well the gop are so full of lies to save their skin, that make easier for them to blame someone else instead to look at them in mirror, because the are so ashamed of their president the won't tell anyone either

it is going to get worse….what the Repubs, under McCain's leadership did today was tell a man with walking pneumonia to go home and do nothing. Bush has destroyed this country…now the question we are going to have to face is how long will America be a world power? this is just another shinning example of why we can not afford John McCain as POTUS

"Waahhhh. Nancy Pelosi said some bad things about us, so we voted against the bill to rescue the economy." Grow up you losers.

In a time of national emergency, the GOP, and McCain, play politics.

"W" can't control these House Republicans, either can their leadership. Most importantly, even John McCain can't control them.

I can't wait to see how far down stocks actually get. What a week this is going to be.

Another broken Republican promise…no surprise there.

When is McCain on his White horse now?
OUCH i guess even the horse knows better.

It seems the partisanship is bipartisan and in the end the people (you and I) are forgotten about. Congress is more concerned worried about their jobs instead of ours.

I did not support the bailout because I felt Bush and his appointees Paulson were devoid of integrity, economic knowledge and I was suspicious of their motivations. It was too reminiscent of the run up to the Iraq war. I was extremely distrustful of the bailout.

However, today I hear that Warren Buffet has stated that the bailout is absolutely necessary, so, albeit, reluctantly, I do now support the bailout bill.

The government should save a few big fish, and then give 20,000dollars to the average home-owner and business owner putting money back directly into the economy to give instant growth. This is the biggest crime in American history to permit unethical business behavior without a reasonable explanation on how these people got THEMSELVES into this mess, and yet no one will every mention helping the average citizen. I am ashamed of my party and will be voting for Obama.

Survival of the fittest at its finest.

Darwin was right about something!

Anyone else feel like they are at the very tippy top of a roller coaster about to plung?

Demo's bomb bill so o'boomba can do blame game again… funny how it failed because of Pelosi's blast-speech and Obomba was on the TV in the next minute to try to be the first to blame someone else

Chrissy you are right!!!!!! Why don't they give the money to the working taxpayer so we can build up the economy. We shouldn't bailout the rich folks. Did they think about the american taxpayer before this happen NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so why should we think about them. If everyone in Washington really care about the americans they should just give us the money so we can pay off our debt.

THIS IS CRAZY GET RID OF THIS CRAZY WOMAN NANCY P.
SHE IS JUST A PROBLEM ALL THE TIME SHE OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATS ARE JUST AS I THOUGT INCOMPATANT!!!!!!!
go go mccain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER HAVE MY REPUBLICAN VOTE!!!!

The Smart Guys within the failed companies should never have been issuing out mortgages to people who obviously could only afford to get in the homes but not stay "pay" in the homes. Getting in with no money or low down payments and not a shred of evidence to show future payment stability. This is what has caused the majority of this fiasco. Let the big wigs of all these companies fork back over those millions in bonuses to fix this !!

I don't think even OB has a plan. That was evident in the debate.

Let's not be so fast to dump all this on the GOP. What about those Democrats such as Peter Welch of VT, who did so? The fact is that too many of the "no" votes caved to pressure from home.

No the bill isn't perfect and I don't like some parts of it, but drying up such things as student loans and much else solves nothing.

Remember in November, regardless of party.

NO BAILOUT – that's a very good news – that means some of the reps have some decency left – I want NONE of my tax dollars used to pay fat cats' bonuses or otherwise support unresponsible borrowers and other crooks.

A referendum on bailout on Nov.4

who wants bailout – vote Dems

who does not – vote Repubs

I had to laugh at this outcome. I don't know if I should be happy or sad.

I am sad because I don't really see any hope of recovery and I am afraid we are all going to have to hit rock bottom before things get better.

I am happy, because if I have to shell out $700 Billion I am screwed and the crooks are A OK. But now we are both equally screwed.

YEE HAW. I am ok with losing my 20K in Stock so long as the fat CEO's lose their billions.

As is, the bill does nothing much to curb Golden Parachutes or limit executive pay. A large chunk of the money will go to foreign banks, which American taxpayers may never see again. I don't want to bail out rich, greedy people. That is not "Country First" – that's "Rich People Today, Tomorrow, and Always."

No Thank You.

The bill is better than Paulson first presented, but it's still a giveaway to greed. Make the wealthy pay for it.

GOOD!
"WE THE PEOPLE….." do not want to bail out the Wall Street gang.
Let them pay the price for their own mess.
We may suffer a bit now…..But My kids won't have to pay for it!

Einstein Wrote=

'Problems can not be solved by the same level of thinking that created them'!

So…why do we need change….Bush/McCain/Poulson/Republican Wealth created this mess with deregulation 9i.e. – no oversite or accountability)so why would that mindset not be in a position to solve this crisis…..

@Greg, San Francisco, CA:

This mess was caused by measures enacted under Clinton and his HUD director, not "house republicans"

I swear I've lost of all respect for the Republicans including John McCain, who I used to kind of like. Every time something goes wrong, they spend all of their time pointing fingers at the Democrats. The house leaders are on CNN now blaming Nancy Pelosi's speech for their own inability to get legislation through. They are saying that it changed some of their votes. Are they really so weak and petty that a speech will keep them from doing what they thought was the right thing to do before they heard that speech? In the workplace of the average American, results are expected and shifting the blame to others is a recipe for termination. These people need cut the **** and do their jobs.

Worse thing to do is put another Democrat at the top of the worst Democratic controlled congress this country has ever had. And he's not even a Democrat, worse yet, a liberal socialist.

Today is a great day for democracy. With the house defeat of the bailout bill, it shows 'We the People' still rule. I am not an economist and don't know what will happen, but neither can a majority of experts say what will happen either. To shun debate for expedience and fear mongering is the calling card for this complete failure of an administration. Some experts said not to rush into this, and there are possibly other options to fix the problem without costing the taxpayers 700 Billion. The congress now can take its time and do this properly, listening to all options and proceeding…or they can just go back on vacation.

Thanks to Bush, McCain and the GOP, our economy is in bad shape! How can anyones possibly vote Republican?!

END THE DRAMA, VOTE OBAMA!

Well I guess we need the man that does not understand economics to fly in and save the day. Maybe we can bring his smooth talking sidekick that does not have any answers but will get back to you with them. Thanks Conservatives.

We are in BIG trouble when the advice of Warren Buffett is ignored. All of the BUMS in washington should be thrown out. The irony of the situation is that WWII got us out of the Great Depression and the Iraq war has gotten us into this one…..Shame on Bush, McCain and the repubs for "The Great Depression #2″

The repubs think they are doing a good thing but in the end we will all suffer!

Go to CSPAN – they show the number of votes – MOST reps. voted NO

Socialism for the rich, capitolism for the poor.

Unless the market is good, in which case, give the rich a tax break.

Oh, and even if the market is bad and has to rely on socialism to recover, give the rich a tax break anyway.

That's the legacy that George W. Bush and John McCain want to leave America.

Does anyone besides me think this financial disaster has all been contrived by Bushies Big Business Buffoons to panic the nation then provide their candidates with the appropriate "insider" information to "fix" their contrived failure at just the right moment to win the election?

Now that John McCain stated he's for the bailout, it will be interesting to see how he and his campaign spin this to say he was against it. I don't think the average American understands the effects of not stabilizing our financial market. I saw Cramer and Mitt Romney this morning and they both agreed that its the duty of the government to stabilize the economy and preserve the currency. When Americans hear their tax dollars are being used to "bailout" the market, the negative connotation supersedes the need for action. When you read comments like the one noted above by "James", you almost feel sorry for those Americans that want to point the blame rather than shared responsibility for both parties is called for. Division seems to be the American way.

People really need to start looking up the facts…..Why was ACORN even in the bill (which republicans had taken out). Look up Obama and ACORN! Why did the politicians have to mudd it up with their junk to kill it. Nancy Pelosi is the reason why this was killed, because she had to open her mouth before the vote. Also, look at the numbers, there were a lot of democrats who voted no. People, please start looking up the facts, do not be ignorant google it!

So much for House Republican "leadership." They need to send Boner and Blunt back to the minors.

It's now easy to see why McCain didn't want the credit for putting this deal together; it wasn't.

Do the Republicans really think that this will get them re-elected? For the first time ever, I'm voting all democrat.

Honestly, I think all these idiots in Washington are the same.

I was a Democrat, but I'm done with dems. I loved how Congress was investigating steriods in baseball for the last two years instead of doing anything about gas prices.

Democrats have let our economy go to crap just as much as the Republicans. You better wake up people… They would love to throw our economy under the bus just to get a president elected.

All this could have been avoided, but I guess Hillary was just promoted a gimmick when she was arguing to freeze interest rates 2 years ago on subprime loans and give us a gas tax holiday.

Honestly, neither Obama or McCain get it.

But, I will vote McCain because at least he has a record of bucking the system. Obama is just a "yes" man with empty rhetoric.

To JD in NC……THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALL UP FOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER so do us a favor and put your conspiracy theories to rest.

James— Seriously. Where have you been for the last eight years? It's the Republican administration that got us in to this mess. Why do you think McCain calls/called himself the "great deregulator". If you think this crisis just popped up in the last 19 months, you're crazy. This is the end result of 8 years of laissez-faire Bush deregulated banking industry economics.
Oh, and if you've got a 401K or other retirement account, KISS IT GOOD BY!

Interesting how Obama is around to make a statement, but McCain is nowhere to be found.

I'm proud of those who voted no on this bill. Those politicans showed courage to take the political fall out for the short term loss. Yes, the Dow fell 600 points!! Yikes. However, this bail out would make things worse.

You can't put a fire out with more fire. Recall Bush said we got into this mess with too much credit, now they want to put in more credit. This bill would've saved investments short term but devalue the dollar by a lot. Many POOR AND FIXED INCOME PEOPLE could not keep up with the inflation. Sure your investments might've not fallen as much given a bail out but how would most people afford $6 gas and higher food prices. What would happen in long term would be people would buy less stuff because of inflation and everyone would suffer. Supply economics don't work they didn't work during the Great Depression and they won't work now.

This is proof-positive that Congress needs to see a big change come November. Both sides are guilty of pandering, and are encapable of any sort of compromise.

I think they need to stay in session until a compromise is reached.

This is my very issue with republicans. They fail to lead then shift the blame. don't get me wrong I don't like either party as a whole but come on. Dems delivered a huge chunk of the votes and the republicans couldn't come tot he table. Then they come on camera on every major news outlet and blame Nancy Pelosi for the failure to perform. Republicans stop blaming and start performing. Your party doesn't like the plan so your party needs to fix it. In the end we are all Americans so lets look out for Americans and come together as Americans and bring forth a solution that works.

Don't people understand that companies, NOT the greedy ones, are not able to make payroll right now and can't borrow because of the liquidity issue??? And that means they'll have to let workers go because they can't pay them?

People like you and me. People who aren't to blame for subprime mortgages or who aren't mired in credit card debt…people are paying their bills and staying above water right now.

So because of our politicians using this to play games (thats YOU House Republicans) we could ALL suffer?

Thats ok with you? If so, what kind of American are you?

This isn't the time for ideology. Its time for REALITY and action.

I say let the Republicans redo the bill themselves since they have all the answers…….the blame game is on. I say we vote them all out in Nov. We'll see now if this really was a crisis or not.

I hope the republicans don't think this is going to change the polls or get them more seats in Congress. I'm not impressed by them attacking Pelosi's leadership. They need to be lookin' at McPain and Failin'

Pelosi is a failure to the American people and especially the democratic party. She sealed her fate when she interferred with the democratic caucuses and primaries with the super delegates (and the fact she has done absolutely nothing since becoming house speaker.)

Just another notch on the tombstone that looms over her career. Obama would not (not couldnt — wouldnt) unite the democratic party either. They are two sides of the same coin.

I work in Home Equity for a National Bank and our company is in good standing. Let these corporations fail that preyed on those that couldn't afford their loans. Why should I have to bail them?

Please publish the names of the 94 democrats who voted against this bill. They need to be congratulated for having the courage to vote against something that was truely against the best interests of the United States (even though their reasoning was probably faulty).

thanks goodness it failed. people forget we don't have those 700 billion, that would have been an astronomic IOU to our children. you don't spen what you don't have. This crisis is here because we over borrowed in the first place, as individuals and as a nation. borrowing even more would just make things even worse. so please stop wining , thighten up your belt, stop living like a rockstar, and lets go through this already

I am very proud of my Republican Congressman and I say that as a Democrat!

WE SHOULD CLEAN EVERY ONES CREDIT, SUCK IT UP AND START OVER.WE CAN NOT SAVE EVERY "BIG BUSINESS" BUT MORE SHOULD DONE TO GET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (MAIN STREET) INTO THIS BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL FEEL THIS RESULTS NO MATTER WHAT THE CAUSE. THE BIG WIGS (IT'S TIME TO DOWN STEP DOWN, YOU GUYS HAVE DROVE THIS COUNTRY LONG ENOUGH NOW AND LOOK AT THE MESS WHEN GREED IS AND HAVE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN THE KEY TO THIS…WE HAVE GIVING UP SO MUCH AT SO MANY TIMES. I JUST THINK IT YOUR TURN. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL "TOUGH LOVE"………WELCOME TO OUR WORLD!!!

Start at the bottom and trickle up!!!! That's the only bill I would trust.

A victory for the free market. This would not be the solution we should seek.

Bailout a company??? This is not what needs to be done!! Take the 700 billion and give it to every tax payer over 18 years old. Thats over $200,000 for each person. If that is done then alot of people can pay their homes, cars etc off. And anyone who does not own a home could buy one if they want. Start at the bottom with this then the top will profit!!!

Nobody wants to have a bailout but the ramifications of doing NOTHING will come back to hurt us way worse…..this is ridiculous…the republicans failed to get the number of votes that they promised and now we have nothing as the DOW plunged 700 points at one point….Congress is holding politics above our economy….insane.

I feel like America has been punked! Where is Ashton Kutcher?

How much you bet we're going to see the big McCain come and save the day in DC. Maybe they will call for the Biden-Palin debate to be postponned in December.
Stop playing politics for God sake

Vote out the house democrats who approved the bailout

I hope the idiots that voted no are the ones that lose their jobs, their health insurance, their retirements, and their homes. Unfortunately, we will be the ones that will bear the cost for their vote today.

bush will go down in my book as one of the worst presidents in history!! and I am sure mcCain will be the same way! how did it get this far, and can we recover?

It is refreshing to see that a majority (50+percent) of our represenatives actually are listening to the people which they represent! NO BAILOUT! If our country has access to that kind of money it should be used to bail out the adverage taxpayer who because the the economy is head over heels in debt and wondering how they can afford to live up to their responsibilities. If the adverage taxpayer pays off his debts, that would be agreat way to put money back into the economy. There are other options to bailing out Wall Street.

Bring everyone down to the same status level Only then, can we become Human again.

I am not in favor of the bail out plan but we better deo something or the roof is going to cave in soon Bush use up all of his good will

I am furious! Our congress is just as incapable and incompetent as the CEO's of these major corporations that have gotten us into this mess. Then, being on the brink of catastrophy, we ask our congressional leaders to compromise and come up with a plan to save our collapsing economy — and they fail. Then just like the CEO's they continue to be paid by their constituency. So, they're laying back and collecting on their golden parachutes while we have to pay for both of these failures. WHEN DOES IT STOP???!!! They should give up their phones and holidays, and lunches and dinners until they are able to get in a room and come up with a compromised plan that serves both the economy and the people on Main Street. That's what they getting paid to do.

"The financial and the economical situation of the country and the frightening future in the view of the enormous amount of debts and interest owed by the government; this is at the time when the wealth of the Ummah being wasted to satisfy personal desires of certain individuals!! while imposing more custom duties and taxes on the nation." Bin Laden 1996 Declaration of War — McCain who's winning? We need Obama ASAP !!!!

The republican reasons for the failure….."acts of socialism and infridgement on freedom" Good luck morons, this will destroy everyone not just your political beliefs.

Mnay people on here dont understand the dynamics of how money flows and how this will affect them. Its not about bailing out CEO's and courrupt coompany's, its about getting YOU – the people – to not be at mercy by these results. The government is trying to take that financial pain from the people!!!!!

And,…where the hell was McCain? Oh ya….trying to make it happen. What a sad party they are

Why do Republicans always make a mess for the people and then refuse to clean it up?

This is stupid! Wake up America! We're on a sinking ship (the Republican ship) better head for the life raft (Obama/Biden 08/12)!

Barney Frank and Chris Dodd did not want oversight 3-4 years ago, said it was not needed.

Now they want oversight?

They screwed it up, now they want to fix it?

We should pay for this?

don't think so…….

Utterly bizarre to see conservative Republicans refusing to vote for the bill that their conservative Republican administration advanced and that the very policies they champion caused.

Almost as bizarre as seeing those same Republicans touting concern for the "taxpayer" as the reason they're not supporting the bill.

Meanwhile, my retirement investments are going in the toilet.

this is clearly 100% the Republican Party's fault…because of their deregulation of everything in the financial sector, banks and lending institutions entered into risky subprime mortgages and used those same risky mortgages to back so called mortgage backed securities, so that all we needed was one part of this house of cards to fall, and the rest of the economy goes with it!

This is all the Republican's fault! How dare they!

Nice move Polousy ( I know I ment to spell it like that) She blew it . the dems dont know how to work over the tables

It is amazing to me that the Republicans would poison the economic bail out package. Using Nancy Peloi's speech as the reason to defeat this bill in the House is the most childish reasoning I've ever heard. People will be losing their life's savings, their retirements, businesses will fail…all because the ego of the Republican congressman is too great. Shame on all of them…I hope they all lose their jobs!

Chrissy, you just elevated stupid to a new level.

Nancy Pelosi's chickens are coming home to roost. For two years she has shut out the house republicans, not allowed their proposals to come to the floor or even get debated. Now all of a sudden she needs them and they are nowhere to be found. Surprise Ms. Speaker. It seems like you need to get your own "house" in order.

IT IS TIME FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO RESIGN !

No one liked the $700B rescue/bailout but sometimes in life you have got to do what is good for the country & suck it up….I have to give the dems credit they tried…keeping in mind it was a GOP request to head off a financial disaster & the dems at least tried to work out a deal….I still believe that this is another example of how the extremest of the GOP party (includes the religious right) thinks, they don't care for anything other than what is good for them & what they believe.

Will someone please try to find some mature men and women to represent us in our government. As I listen to the bickering between the Rs and Ds I am sickened.

You so called leaders are scary!

Susan
Ellensburg, WA

This may not be all bad. We needed a market correction. We will recover, we are americans and if anything else we are resilient. I have lost money in this collapse and I don't want a bandaid. I want a long term solution. So much for a quick fix. The President and Congress are to blame. I the Democrats thought regulation was such a problem they sure dropped the issue like a lead weight. Hmm, why maybe we should ask all the poltiicians who headed many of these problem companies in the past. Life is still good.. Ny momma always said walls are mean't to be climber and we will climb this one too.

I'm confused. If the bailout plan has been killed, why hasn't John McCain "suspended" his campain again and flown back to Washington until the matter is resolved? What happened to "Country First"???

Democrats playing politics whit the economy . Hope people of this country see what democrats are doing to this country . If democrats win this elections we will loss the economy and the country.

I just closed on my house last week and I am so HAPPY!!!!!!! Now with that said and done, I am so sad for all the hard workers who need loans to make it through.

Is John McCain going to " Suspend" his campaign AGAIN????? Will Sarah Palin lie about something as to why she can't make the debate? I guess John couldn't save the world. I think we will see his numbers drop AGAIN.

Let's get it straight….
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Guess McCain didnt' save the day after all. I don't know why it failed…but can McCain and the republicans now admit that McCain didn't do anything with this bailout.

It`s all McCain`s fault….he went back to do the Debate with Obama instead of rescuing the country like he planned….what happened to his Country First? LOL
Maybe Palin can come to the rescue this time so she can attempt to put off her debate with Biden……hmmmmm That`s what is needed to make the vote go through….the Barracuda!! Yeah, right!!!
I feel sorry for whomever is the next president….because this whole situation is surely a Mess!!!

OMG, I wish I had the change to vote these Knuckleheads out of office.

There is plenty of blame to go around….

Nancy Pelosi chose the absolute worst time for partisan politics. On the floor of the house, just before the vote for this bill, why???
And to the thin skinned Republicans, I am sure you have heard the childrens nursery rhyme' Sticks and stones…..?

You all have done the american public a serious dis-service.

Looks like I am gonna have to work another 20 years just to make up the difference!

I'm ashamed that Nancy Pelosi hails from my state.

Why should we bail out all these rich ceo's and politicians involved with them. I don't see the Bush Adm. offering to bail out the little guys who have lost their jobs and homes. They are the ones in need!!!

Well, fortunately I am not tied up in the market, but in all honesty, people need to take a long hard look at themselves regarding this whole mess. We've stopped being critical of our leaders, and as long as there was promise of money on the short term, everyone drank the punch.

This is exactly the problem with deregulation. And if you think it is a Dem versus Republican thing, you are equally in the fog. Good ole Billie Boy Clinton was just as much a deregulator as Bushie. They all have to pay back those big financial institutions that gave them so much money. In fact probably partially your money.

It really is time for us, the people, to take back what is rightfully ours. Forget about political parties, those simply keep us fighting amonst ourselves, while both parties rob us blind.

The republicans show disgusting partisan behavior. It seems they can only try to spin anything into their favor. When is America waking up?

I just saw Eric Cantor (R) minor whip say it was the DEM's fault. Yes 94 DEM's voted againt it, but guess how many REP's said no 134!!! OMG.

THIS is a good thing folks. We the american peoplesaid no and now our elected leaders have said no.
The market will work it self out. I just do not have anything to loose. No investements, no stocks, bonds, savings, etc, so as far as I am concerend nothing changes for me as I have been living pay day to pay day for some 2 years now and I am a Cheif Petty Officer in the US Navy folks!!

Enough is enough! This partisan game in Washington has to end. We may have differences, but we seem to be represented by the far right and the far left. This is a nation of gray, not of black and white, and our representatives should realize that and learn to work together.

This is RIDICULOUS if this is truly as extreme as they have been advertising for the economy.

DONT TAKE MY TAX DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MCCAIN/BUSH POLICYS DESTROYED THIS COUNTRY

Meanwhile the stock market tanks and we can all hear our 401's going down the drain.

Good. Mr. Bush says that Wall St. got drunk, well let them suffer the hangover. Not me.

"The Democratic party clearly wants to delay this measure for political gain."

Democrats are to blame? Really?

60% of Democrats voted for the bill. Less than 33% of Republicans supported it. While I don't doubt that many Democrats would love to see McCain suffer in the polls, the blame is largely on the House Republicans.

Each and every one of those no votes should be written into the articles of impeachment for those individual lawmakers as I am 100% certain not one of them offered a comprehensive alternative to this bill.

This proves my point, The Republican's are the party of evil.

A victory for Capitalism!

I've heard nothing but vapid excuses for this bailout. The threat of recession is not a reason to inject Socialism into our economy. Let the bad banks fail and the people who bought houses they couldn't afford lose them so that our economy will return to equilibrium where it belongs. I don't want one cent of my federal tax dollars to go towards bailing these people out.

Brian from a different post said this below, it so good I thought to post again

If she thinks it's a good idea to point out that he's been staring down dictators since she was in second grade, well that's just hilarious and it makes her look naive, confused and terribly mistaken in regard to what the American people really care about. Experience matters, but judgment does too. McCain has experience without judgment. Obama has judgment without much experience. Biden has both. Palin has neither.

Chrissy…Hey……you listing…this is a republican admin….wake up

Let em all crash… They sucker people into upside down loans and give people money with absolutely no cares if they pay it back and then expect all those dollars to be paid back??

Let'em all crash… every single one of them.. Except you microsoft… you can stay… I need another xbox real soon… For that new house im gonna buy at the Fire Sale!!

Republicans are playing the blame game as usual… blaming this on Pelosi. They are playing Republican politics, not being able to think for themselves and mainly not taking care of the American People…..

McBush, and the Republican leaders have to take a long look at themselves before they go to bed tonight….

sheesh….now the spin starts…..how the heck is it the speakers fault?…

It needs to keep failing, let the rich, big business and the government learn their lessons the hard way.

I guess McCain will have to suspend his campaign again, huh?

Senator photo-op to the rescue!

Now I'm beginning to wish I had married a beer heiress…

Hey, Where's some of this real change we,ve been hearing the dems spew for over a year. This was their big chance to show how america should be run and Pelosi, Reid and Co. can't even get a majority of their own party to back this bill.

Listen up, we don't want to turn over the checkbook to the same group who had a hand in creating this mess. How about a change of leadership in the Finance committees. How about it Chris Dodd and Barney Franks? You both stood in the way of reform for Fannie and Freddie – how about steppinig aside now for the good of the party (Not to Mention the Country!)

What a scary mess!!!!!!!

obama/bIDEN THATS ALL WE NEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GET IT GET IT GET IT GET IT

Can't you idiots do anything right?

Electionwatcher,

The Democrates are the ones who voted the majority! The Rebublicans are the ones holding out…

Either way, get your money out of the market, banks and savings & loans before you loose it all..The matress is looking better everyday.

If the Democratic Party are the ones wanting a delay, why was it a high majority of Republicans who rejected it? I don't think the bailout is the REAL answer but without it America won't get the real answer before many people lose everything they have. Seems like it's a majority of Republicans willing to take that risk. They'll vote again soon and get it through…

RE: Election Watcher

The Democratic party clearly wants to delay this measure for political gain.

I may be mistaken here, but I would venture to guess the House Republicans are the ones that stopped this measure, not House Democrats. I am not playing partisan politics, I am a Democrat and I kinda side with the House Republicans on this one…

What happens when you take the first letters of Sarah Palin's name and change them around? It is called ParaSailing..lol..She is being toted behind McCain's vehichle….

Read the article.

60% of Democrats voted FOR the bill.

Republicans? Fewer than a THIRD voted for the bill.

If you wanted the bailout, then you have nobody but Republicans to blame. FACT.

Maybe we can get McCain's advisor Fiorina to lend us a few of her Millions to get us by from a few days.

The saga continues, I guess we shall never get anything accomplished as John McCain is no longer in Washington to "come to the rescue"!!! Why is Sarah Palin trying to play the age card? She is the LAST person that should be taking any jabs at anybody after all of her disastrous interviews. FYI, it continues w/ Katie Couric later tonite!

Palin will need to suspend her Campaign to go to washington and fix this mess….BAAAAHAHAHAH

Does anyone really know what the hell is going on?

Reaganomics [characterized by deregulation of government] was voodoo then, and the only thing that is trickling down now from this 28 year orgy of greed is the pain…

So republicans have no problem spending a trillion dollar for Iraq, but can't muster the "courage" to save our financial system.

Yeah, I want more of the same…

There is still a second vote. How can we justify spending more on giveaway to financial institutions than was allowed last week to keep the gov. ruunning(not fully-funded), just limping along, until March 09.

I haven't heard any details of when other $$ would be given to "institutions", I haven't heard which institutions these are (I want names), and there cannot be $$ given to any one person to distribute where they unilatterly decide. The oversight "board" is loaded with foxes/fixes and no one from regular world is included.

Stop the world, I want to get off.

God and I work in a big bank and our stocks plunged!!!! God help us!!!!!!!!!!

Jenny- Obama will make things worse!!! After all he helped Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, by not voting to increase the regulations John McCain suggested in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

If Obama would take a stand on something and quite voting present on the hard issues then maybe it would be worth taking a second look . But he is a coward, because his only goal since being a community organizer, where his grandest achievement was voter registration, was to run for President. Read his books, watch his biographies on all thre cable networks!!! He was politics were born and raised in the corrupt political atmosphere of Chicago politics. He is not change, he is the same!!!!

My new slogan is Democrat sfor McCain, "It's alright to reach across the isle for Judgement and Experience" McCain-Palin08!!!!!

This was a pretty good compromise package. As good as could be expected anyway. Many who voted against it did so out of fear… mostly for themselves. But thats SOP for things like this. However, the whole question about taxpayers and money is a little off target because one way or another we will all pay for this disaster whether its through the government or not. It's not all doom and gloom but at least with this bill there is some degree of voter control over it.

Here we go again. I guess now McCain will suspend his campaign AGAIN to come in and save America. So much for that bi-partisan record. He couldn't get his own party to agree on the bill.

But that is understandable since he himself has not said if he is for or against it.

There goes the VP debate!!

LOL..COMICAL……….. HOW SO MANY PEOPLE WILL CREDIT REJECTING THIS BILL TO THE REPUBS.. WILL WE CREDIT THEM FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE NUMBER OF BANKS THAT FAIL TOO????

FUNNY……….ITS THE CONSERVS THAT GOT US IN THIS MESS.

$700 billion dollars

This thing will never fly.
We, the people, should NEVER be expected to pay for the excesses of Wall Street and the ineptitude of Washington.
There's an overwhelming sentiment of distrust across the country for our leaders and none of them….NONE OF THEM…did anything to stop this mess from happening.

Now, it is their turn. Now all of these fat cats are going to have to learn to squeeze a dollar like we the rest of us have been doing for so long. The Washington crowd will now know what it feels like to have your job at risk to the point that no amount of BS can save it. There will be a changing of the guard and NOTHING will prevent that from happening.

Forget the candidates. CHANGE STARTS NOW!!!

I'm almost of the belief that we just let this thing fail and blow up the economy. The republicans are playing a dangerous game of politics here. Mind you, I do think Nancy Pelosi was off base on her speech, but if this thing is truly as bad as they say it is, then the repubs just bankrupted the country because they didn't like that they were getting all of the credit.

VOTE out ALL INCUMBENTS

I used to laugh at my grandmother for having her money in 5 banks with a little hidden in floor boards and under mattresses. These days, that is not a bad idea.

This is absolutely disgusting that politicians are playing games, while the country is ready to collapse! Do most people have any idea how this is affecting their 401 plans? No wonder Bush got elected the second time.

I know – let's put an empty preppy suit with no experience in charge and he can holler "change" at it. Good idea.

Obama is probably influencing Dems to stonewall for poll numbers – good leadership.

It seems the White Knight's (McCain's) supposed suspension of his campaign and rushing off to Washington to save America didn't work.

Bush comes up with and encourages the plan (Republican); McCain the well known famous de-regulator has much to do with the mess we are in now (Republican); and a small contingent of House Republicans destory the Bill (Republican). Seems to me that everything Republican is kind of tainted nowadays. Time to kick the whole bunch out of there (Republicans). We need change.

Vote Obama/Biden

GOOD….. the value of our dollar would have only decline by printing more money with nothing to 'really' back it.

GREAT VOTE!!!!!!

NOW WE CAN ALL LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS…

I'm an Independent, but if I were going to spend this sum it would be for services we need as a people and not to bailout these financial markets. These markets just emphasize the that the quality of life we enjoy is just borrowed from the coming generations. The markets will readjust themselves like they have in the past. We have to think differently moving forward and change our behaviors.

So much for McCain's "I'm going to Washington" approach. He made things worse and HIM injecting himself into the negotiations didn't do crap. Thanks for the Stunt!!!!!!!!!!

Most of the republcians voted NO – another republican trick.

HEY CHRISSY!

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN AND FROM THE BACKWARDS STATE OF TEXAS EXPLAINS IT ALL! YIKES!

I guess John McSenile left his Virginia office to soon and unsuspended his campaigning.For six years this country was controlled by the repubs, people had better think about it, this economy did not tank just in two years. PEOPLE WAKE UP. OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Connie from Indiana

To Election Watcher..this is the dems stalling? Can you count? The republicans defeated the bill!!!!!!!

This is to ELECTION WATCHER

The Republicans are the ones that came up short in the votes, oh well I guess we don't need credit or our 401k's anymore.

Good luck America

Army Ranger for Obama/Biden

This baby is going down. thanks to GW-McCrash.

Good… May be the declining markets and a troubled economy will make people realized that we are where we are because of the policies of the past 8 years. So now… if you want to go deeper, please, please vote for McCain. But smart people will go for Obama regardless the party lines etc. If you are stupid, go vote for McCain, as for me, neither will be able to cut my over 110.000 annual income. For me, it won't matter but I am voting for Obama anyway.

House Republicans rejected this bill to help McCain and Pallin.

They can now use this as an excuse to delay or cancel the VP debate.

Are you people insane? This goes way beyond Dems vs GOP or who can buy what. Do all of you have jobs with companies that won't need credit to make payroll on Friday. With comments like these its no wonder the once great USA is on its way to being a third world country. Seriously, people, think – this is very, very serious. The deal was flawed, yes but the consequences of the markets crashing is fatal.

"liberal democrat failure"?

How so? We've had a republican congress for almost 12 years and a Republican President WITH AN MBA for 8 years. I think this is a REPUBLICAN FAILURE.

Oh Crap! There goes my 401K.

REPUBLICANS MESS IT UP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blaming it on a speech is small and ridiculous. Anyone who is suffering from this failing economy, you can blame the republicans for it.

Hey Sweetie! Give me a call in my hotel room when you guys figure things out. I'm pretty busy working on my next speech and not worrying about the economy I may inherit.

Barack the Vote. Not……..

Carter=Bush=Obama… All idiots. Seriously, it's not the party, it's the person you should be voting for.

What do they all have in common… Not a lick of Common Sense. I'm not saying they are not nice people, but we need some real leadership. I'm tired of speeches from Obama that sound as if they were written by Hugo Chavez.

So how about that maverick now? He rode into town to fix all this and looks like he wasn't able to do much.

How has that equal oppurtunity lending working out for you liberals????? it seems the like of Chris Dodd, Obama, Bonnie "Weirdo "Frank made quite a bit of money off of all you who now cant afford your house payment.

All I can do is laugh at you your precious liberal agenda put you in this mess. On the bright side I am sure you still own a cell phone

You conservative rethuglicans are increible trying to spin this on the Democrats. You have the DEREGULATION party of republicans specifically John Mccain to thank for his deregulation efforts for getting us into this mess.

The republicans do NOT want regulation. It happened as early as the 1980 – by the republicans

1. 1982: Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act
2. 1987: Keating Five
3. 1999: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
4. 2000: Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which led to the rise of Credit Default Swaps

The common thread? John McCain was involved in all of them.

Does McCain still want credit for this?

Honestly, under Bush's watch we've had our economy decimated and our military strength stretched to near breaking.

Why is this even a decision on who to vote for in Nov?

Deregulation is the reason why the world, not just the US, is in a financial crisis.

Deregulation is the Republican's policy to ensure a free market economy.

Who has been telling the American public for months that the economy is strong and that the market will rebound?

The Republican President, Bush.

Who now is crying that there is a major financial crisis?

The Republican President and his administration.

The world is now in a financial mess……

thanks to the Republicans.

GET READY FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER PEOPLE!

ONE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS INTO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THEY WILL NEVER GET OUT.

WHEN THERE IS RIOTING IN THE STREETS DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED.

8 years of Bush have destroyed the financial markets- globally, chipped away at our privacy and other liberties, destroyed a sovereign nation, etc..

you likey?

I'm a Democrat and I am against this bailout. There is no way we should bail out Wall Street. They got themselves into this let them get themselves out of it. I don't want one of my tax dollars to go to this bailout.

That's what happens when you allow open greedyness and no accountability in the process— When none is watching the abusers of the market a free to abuse!

"Funny how all of a sudden we need a Bush policy to fix a liberal democrat failure.

Ironic"

More like a liberal ideology to rescue a conservative failure

james seriously? Did you just skip the last 8 years of what got us into this mess? We need a bipartisan policy to get us out of this Bush mess…

I am kind of anxious to see how this really affects things. Not excited, but close to. And excited means I am happy, more curious than anything.

See what McBush got us into now. If it wasn't for him or his rich buddies this would have never happen.

Republicans to the rescue again!
If you want socialism, I suggest you get yourself citizenship in a socialist country.
The USA is NOT a socialist country and make no mistake, this plan is socialism!

Shame.

funny the repugs killed the bill and this genius "Election Watcher" blames the dems

The clowns in congress are referencing constituent call in that they were against the bill and, as a result, have voted to not support it. What they have failed to recongnize is that their constituents were against Paulson's original bill and that since that time they have changed opinion, to as much as 80% in favor, given the inclusions of the restraints and oversight being put in the plan.

In the interim, the clown Republicans in the House decided to 'stand on principle' and come up with their own plan – lower taxes, provide even more deregulation. In other words, reward greed with an opportunity for even more greed.

Now, we have a failed bill and a clear move downward in the Dow signalling, soon, a clear financial panic.

this is going to get ugly folks because we have a bunch of spineless congressman listening to a few whiners back home.

Make these idiots in congress fell some pain, make them accountable ! Force every Senator and Congressman that allowed the Clinton administration to get away with this in 1999 to return all their salaries and anything they have left in their campaign warchests. Put all that towards a bailout, then we can talk turkey.

With 95% of Americans paying their home and car payments each month, why should we bail out Wall Street? Let the fittest survive and the weak die off.

i had to wait in line to get unemployment. CEOs need to wait in line to get reimbursed for failing to lead a compnay. They can wait.

House republicans are more to blame than house democrats. This helps Obama. The longer that republicans block the plan the more Obama gains from it. Remember this was Bush's plan. Not the democrats.

HA! the republicans are FINISHED!!!

"Election Watcher"

yo dumb head…… its the house republicans you dumby

Thats a bummer!

Election watcher look at the number of voter's for democrats against it compared to republicans, open your EYE'S watcher, your bias is making you as blind as a bat.

Pelosi is a monster. I am so sick of this Dem Congress.

This may not be all bad. We needed a market correction. We will recover, we are americans and if anything else we are resilient. I have lost money in this collapse and I don't want a bandaid. I want a long term solution. So much for a quick fix.

good!!!!!!! i want my tax dollars back!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem is the administration has lied so much no one can believe what they say about the state of the economy without bailing out wall street. America has a chance to get out of their current state of affairs in November and if they blow this time then look out.

Great just great….

You know what?

Case and point here. The REPUBLICANS DO NOTHING but created chaos and havoc on every thing they touch. There has NEVER been a time when these idiots STEP UP and WORK together with the Democrats in protecting the American People!!

John McCain did nothing when he claimed he was "rushing back" to Washington to "save the bail out plan"…. but we see what his arrival caused. NOTHING BUT CHAOS and DIVERSIOIN!!

The REPUGS obviously DON'T KNOW what BI-PARTISAN means. They are ALL talk, but NO actions!!!

ENOUGH ALREADY!!! STOP BLAMING THE DEMOCRATS, GET OFF YOUR POLITICAL EGOS…….AND DO YOUR JOBS!!

Our politicians should just SHUT up and do what is necessary to get the economy going.. prioritize…prioritize…

Anyone who believes the Republicans can fix the mess they created; also believes the iceberg could've saved the Titanic." — Hillary Clinton

You'd think they'd be smart enough to fix the McBush mess.But Republicans are too self centered to admit their mistakes.

I don't get it, either the economic experts are wrong, lying, or congress just made the worst economic mistake in my lifetime.

Deep down in everyone's gut, you have to know this bailout plan was not the right course of action.

There is no guarantee the bailout would work, nor was there a guarantee they government wouldn't come back to the taxpayers and ask for more money.

The people have spoken, now lets get to some real decisions about how we are going to get business rolling again. Lets get back to basics: enforcing our laws, simplify the tax codes, lower tax rates (our corporate tax rate is over 30 %, while Ireland, Russia, and Georgia all have a tax rate of around 12-14 %…. hmmm, where would you start your business?) get rid of capital gains taxes, and then we can talk about helping HONEST people who got screwed by the crooks in this financial mess….

OH, AND ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THESE FOOLS DO THE PERP WALK?

I know there are some crooks out there who have their hands in this financial mess, and they deserve to go to jail.

I'm just afraid its some of the same people who are trying to craft this bailout- which is far from a "clean" bill- in fact, its loaded with discretionary and special interest spending. It is a dangerous and disastrous bill, and it should die a miserable death.

Wow. Love how members of the House step up to the plate in times of crises. Lead, follow or get out of the way, but don't drag me and my kids down with you, please.

Go ahead and vote for Mccain you republicans will be crying within a years tops when our financial system implode's while the rich get their tax cuts and Mccain ride's out the bad time's in any one of his 7 houses and his 13 cars, well if he wins he'd ride out the storm in the white house.

Funny how the McCain created economic disaster needs a Bush policy to fix it.

McCain: The problem to all of our solutions!

Awesome sorry no free hand outs should have read the mortgage paper at closing and if you cant read you shouldnt buy a house……

Sorry Bonnie Frank and Chris Dodd HAHAHAHA

Mcain went to Washington and killed the bill…can you imagine the "maverick" being elected POTUS…shooting first, asking questions/rationalizing later.

He has no substance, is not trustworthy and his campaign lack transparency.

AMERICANS DON"T TRUST THIER GOVERNMENT!

The problem here is that the vast majority of the American people don’t trust their government. IT IS HARD TO BLAME THEM as they have been cheated so often…

THE BASIC ELEMENT OF "POLITICAL TRUST" IS LOST!

We wish we can tell you what to do…but for sure get rid of the current government first and then try to figure this out.

DO NOT ASK FOR ADVICE from
1. rich politicians
2. banks who stand to loose money
3. millionaire and billionaires
Go to your educated people in Universities and those that do not have a direct interest in the bailout – check your sources very carefully!

Best to you my friends!

This is a great day.Americans have said no to socialism.The message to you libs is clear,no more free ride.If you want something you have to work for it,like we republicans do.Thank god for McCain blowing up this bill.Obama once again looks like a moroon.You libs will never take my money for your laziness and lack of responsibility.

REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTIONISTS are RISKING our economy so they can play POLITICS with this important legislation! Call them out on it!

LOL James – democrat failure? If my memory serves me correctly, it was the Republicans (led by McCain) to put all the de-regulation in place that led to this mess.

I sometimes think well…if we survived Enron and the fall of the dot-com companies, can't we ride this one out too? And don't forget, the the world didn't crash when it tuned 2000 (when everyone thought the millenium would cause all kind of mayhem by computers crashing because the dates were going from 1999 to 2000, even though the millenium actually occurred in 2001).

Jenny, Rio Vista, CA
Why? So he can tax us on top of this?

Our Dem congress hard at work I see…. glad I moved to international stocks a couple years back…

HEY JAMES!

COME JOIN THE REST OF US WHO LIVE IN REALITY!

This is not good at all!! May God be with the next president !!!
I wonder how anyone could make jokes about this.

I say let the market crash…but then again, we may not ever be able to retire. Was THIS is the trickle down effect the Bush administration talked about when he cut taxes for the rich?

Thanks for handing the election to the Dems. Once the economy really tanks, it will be all wrapped up for Obama/Biden.

Maybe now is just not the time. Haste makes waste. Did the President sign the bill that was put on his desk Saturday to sign?

Would be interested to know

Congrats to you Mr. Obama. Partisan bickering has prevailed once again. The economy is terrible right now and in 6 weeks, it will be much worse. This will deliver to you a landslide election victory.

We are screwed!

Some people will cheer this. They apparently dont know whats going to happen in less than a week!

America is going to fall!

Queue "Chariots of Fire" theme song with slo-mo video of McCain hobbling as fast as he can to his private superjet to get back to DC and rescue the bill by tomorrow afternoon, maybe Wednesday, by weaving his messiah-like bipartisan voodoo over his allegedly recalcitrant party in order to bring them to their knees before the almighty wrath of his shining mavericky goodness, thus pulling the country back from the brink of economic apocalypse and saving us all. YAWN. Do you think McCain's campaign actually bothered to get the copyright from West Wing to use this script?

The sad thing is people don't realize how this will not "trickle down" to them, it will FLOOD them.
Too bad our educational system doesn't teach basic economics.

Good. Nancy Pelosi and the dems should just shut up and stop playing the blame game, alot of people in Washington had a hand in this. The feds need to not only look at the top execs at these firms that received millions of dollars but also at the politician's that gained from these firms as well and take action. It's all about I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine politics. If we really want to fix the economy then give every adult person in America one million dollars so we can pay off all our debts and pump back money into the economy. I believe our population is somewhere around 350 mil or so. It sure beats the 700 billion dollars Washington wants to take from us taxpayers! What do you say America? Forget about being Red or Blue, it's time we unite as "ONE" and stand up to Washington!

Turn off the light people. AMERICA is bankrupt

The government need to freeze the 401K 's and IRA's NOW!!!!! There needs to be an intervention immediately to freeze the funds within all retirement accounts as per Friday 9/26/08 posting. NOW!!!!

If McCain didn't show up last Thursday….I think this things won't happened.

This is not good at all!! May God be with the next president !!!

What part of doing nothing is not an option did they not understand??? No I don't particularly like this, but it needed to be done (as was just evidenced by the crashing stock market) and anyone who doesn't understand this is just a complete and total idiot.

Bail out is a slap to those that Lost there Houses and to all suffering inflation, and a higher debt from the bail out would lower of the US Dollar yet More! and remember the Bush Brothers and the S and L scandal, Bush Family is great at Costing the Tax Payers billions of $$, I'm Proud Of All members of the House that Voted against it in Both Parties!

It's unfortunate that this legislation has been called a bailout for Wall Street because for better or worse those who has small businesses, those who are seeking credit for car loans and those who have retirement accounts are tied to this "bailout". It's not just Wall Street it's Main Street too that will benefit from this legislation!

God help us all. Obama should take office today. Let's Stone bush.

WE NEED OBAMA MORE THAN EVER!

Can we please stop listening to the people in this country, they are so dumb and always vote against their best interests. This bill sucks yes, but it is necessary or you can kiss all of your 401k's goodbye. It's not just giving money away, there is more to it but too many dumb people in this country are doing the same thing as always, worrying about themselves in the moment…."What I'm not getting money but they are, they're going down, you better not vote for this"…..even though your probably going to lose money by not voting for it. People in this country are dumb.

Would people just SHUT up!!! about the economy. We need to borrow companies money and hold them responsible. We need to use this as an opportunity for investing in private companies.

WE will be okay. We just need to elect Obama so he can help perform long-term strategies.

We need the donkeys to re-engineer and create new jobs. We need new job creations and we need to help people get back on their feet and we will all be okay.!! Get new job creation going……!!! think future and stop panickign about the past..

the secret is new job… forget offshore… let innovation drive us…

Oh, well… Back to the drawing board. It isn't a huge surprise since there were so many people against it in and out of Congress. What Paulson and Bernake need to do is something other than direct overtaking of bad mortagages. At this point, I can do little to advise Congress (either House) since I am not 100% clear as to what needs saving.

The ones to blame are the ones who voted against it. Idiots!

WELL WELL POP POP, rejected a $700 billion plan to bail out the financial system, Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the failure of the bill, President Bush there is no pot gold at the end of the raindow. Good job House of Representatives. Go Obama/Biden

For once, my tax dollars are going to be used wisely! Thank you for voting no. It's their mess, let them clean it up.

Thank you brave representatives who did what you took an oath to do…"faithfully represent the insterests of the tax payers".

The people of America have one a great victory in Washington today. God help us suffer the consequences.
We all need to start a regimented savings plan!!! (and don't forget to tuck a little away in the mattress).

Despite all the whining about this bailout… what is the alternative? You right-wing reactionaries who are reflexively against it because it supposedly constrains our "freedoms", you probably would have been against the New Deal as well. If we have no adequate bailout plan, and we slide into a depression, than I advise all of you to SHUT UP and not offer us any more brilliant advice. How much "freedom" will we have if there is a depression?

I also didn't like the original Bush plan. How many of you who are against the actual plan being voted on today have actually processed the details of the ammended plan as opposed to the original Bush plan? I think that both the democrats and the republicans added many useful features, and the present plan is better than the original.

YOU CAN'T FIX A DISASTER WITH ANOTHER DISASTER, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE ONLY GOD KNOWS, BUT THAT PLAN WAS A FAILURE FROM THE BEGINNING.

the house GOP overwhelmingly rejects the bill by a margin of 2 to 1…
and the DOW plunges and continues to drop as I type. I thought this was supposed to be bipartisan? I thought McCain swooped in and saved the day by bringing both sides together? Is he still taking credit for it, because now I guess he can take credit for the market tanking… good job! What just happened?

So….- Maybe now someone can come up with a better idea. As to the premise that this bailout is to protect the average American, don't they know the average American has been hurting for a long time now , a lot of them don't have much to lose since it is already gone.This bailout will hep the RICH not the poor, there will be no trickle down effect, how about some trickle UP for a change. Please, please America, don't vote for a 3rd BUSH term, change is what is needed, it would seem that any change is better than none. Vote Obama 2008

And American people think that the REPIGS have their backs. LOL. What a joke. If you buy that let me cell you property in Florida call me!!!

Hey Congress, Stop thinking about your re-elections, your own fine principles, and do the truly patriotic thing. Go and vote for this bail-out, poorly named, but badly needed. Republicans—it is far too late to save your party now—-I guess you would rather loose the American economy, and win your own re-elections. I know you don't like being aligned with your President right now, but come on—-do what the country needs. You are well aware that the average American does not understand why this bill is needed. Rise above your fear and do the right thing. Vote for this bill—re-open the vote and do it. If the Republicans let this economy get worse—America will never forget it,

Just a thought. Instead of trying to bail out failing banks who gambled and lost, how about bailing out their victims? It doesn't matter where the money is injected into the economy to get it jump started. Take 700 Billion, divide it by the number of working people and send out checks. They'll pay off bad mortgages, buy needed household items, pay bills, reduce foreclosures and become productive. The banks that bought and sold people's financial lives can go under, and no one will care. Don't throw good money after bad.

Wooow…what happened Johnny Mac thought you were going to get everyone in the House on board!

BUSH, MCCAIN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE MOSTLY TO BLAME FOR THIS CATASTROPHE.

MARKET WAS DOWN 700 POINTS EARLIER TODAY AND NO END IN SIGHT. FOR ALL OF US AVERAGE AMERICANS, MANY OF US CAN KISS OUR JOBS GOODBYE, AS WELL AS ANY SAVINGS YOU HAD!

House republicans voted this down fearing for their re-election campaigns. Let's see how those campaigns do when the economy completely tanks.

The republicans created this mess. It's time to vote all the bums out!!

P.S. Thank goodness we had McCain suspend his campaign to stop this from happening… oh… wait.

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"

We need an honest leader in this country. We need Barrack Obama. Now.

As a liberal, I applaud my congressman for voting against this gift to Wall Street. American taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the greed of Wall Street.

Consider this statement: "The extraordinary rate of default on residential mortgages forced banks and life insurance companies to 'practically stop making mortgage loans. . . .' " Sounds like 2008, doesn't it? It is in fact a comment from Bernanke, current Fed Reserve chairman. But he wrote those words in 1983, he was talking about the Great Depression. At the most basic level, the cause of the current crisis is simple: Economists, business leaders and policymakers have all been ignoring the lessons learned from the Great Depression of 1920s. The collapse of the "un-real" estate market of recent years was as predictable as the collapse of the Great Bull Market of the late 1920s. Even though some politicians insist otherwise, the fundamentals of our economy are not strong, just as they weren't in 1929. And the principal reason is that, just as they were in the period leading up to the Great Depression, economic fundamentalists have been in charge. So let the finger pointing begin.

Craps. Now my 401k is going to go in the tank.
Thatnks Republicans.

I really can't see how anyone could vote against this bill, yes im a conservative however this was the drastic action the government needed to do…

I've thought alot about everything over this issue…and yes, I can say that I can take the Economic hit from my pay check in order for the market to stabilize….wow something needs to happen quick or else I'll be done…and i think most people feel the same way

I dont like it…but this is something that Needs to happen NOW

Now what? Watch the house of cards go down all over the globe, just like the "Paulson-Frank-Dodd" "team" had warned us?

Don't want to wait around? Call China and see if they'll get on their next rocket ship to space. Hurry and get in line; make sure to take your dollars with you.

Oh dear. CNN, the rest of the news media and partisan politics may have just led us into the worst recession since the Great Depression.

This is sincerely terrifying. Politicians got too hung up in what it looked like, a "bail out" (no thanks to the media) that they forgot to understand OUR ECONOMY IS TANKING AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT.

IF WE TANK, CHINA, RUSSIA AND INDIA WILL BECOME THE WORLD SUPERPOWERS AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECLAIM THE THRONE.

I think we may have just experienced the greatest political and economic catastrophe that the world will have ever seen.

This is exactly why Obama and Democrats must be defeated.

This all stems back to Carter and Clinton. Wanted to give poor people chance to buy houses without real credit worthiness. Then shoved this down the throat of the financial and banking sectors to accept these super risky loans, with threats of cutting off mergers etc.

Meanwhile, Fannie and Freddie become a place for out of work Democrats until they go bust.

Social Engineering is a flawed tactic and this just proves it once again. But Obama and the Dems want to bring this back to life, but in a bigger way then anyone can imagine.

Vote Carefully and watch your wallet

Thank goodness. Now can Congress please take a deep breath and think about some alternatives to this plan that might actually benefit a majority of Americans??

Republicans have their big oil companies filling their pockets – they don't want to help others. THANKS A LOT!

GOOD JOB. We can not bailout Wall Street when ordinary Americans suffers

Good to see that local constituents can put the fear of God into Washington.

I CANT BELIEVE THIS JUST HAPPENED.

OMG!! Now what????

This whole thing is a disaster and we cannot afford to have McDeregulator and some religeous whacko in charge of this mess.

Please, I am begging you to forget your biases and vote for Obama in November.

OMG – no 72 inch plasma TV for Christmas!

Hooray. Let the economy correct itself. The republicans have touted the free market economy devoid of control and restraint for decades. Now that its time for the correction, they are all about bailing out their fat cat high roller buddies. Let em sink I say. Times may get bad, but it is time.

Thank God for Conservative Repubicans!!

Funny how all of a sudden we need a Bush policy to fix a liberal democrat failure.

Ironic.

oh boy…

seriously, my IRA is done.

Just done.

Well is this really a surprise? I think not…the repubs wanted to make a point and try to save thier butts ,because they are ones that removed the regulation that might have been in place to avoid this. and the dems did not really want this either ,but at least treid to do something to save the system.
I did not like this but now the alternative of finacial collapse is truly there…and if it does happen remember that you ahve the repubs to blame.
Seems like for all his bulstering and blowing about how he works accross the aisle, that McCain let this one get by him…or was this intentional on his part…seems like the kind of recless thing he would do.
Let us all pray that fear deon not grip this nation and the entire system collaspe, causing a worldwide depression.

Thank goodness there are some people with the guts to say "no" to bailing out the bankers the overextended. The people who are losing their homes now are the same ones who bought homes they couldn't afford (or went for the interest only refinance loans out of greed) – so I'm not that concerned that they are going to have to go back to renting until they can save up a down payment (like the rest of us did) and get a house they can afford (like the rest of us did) with a reasonable interest rate (like the rest of us did).

Those failing banks will be bought up by somebody and the market will losen up and things will go on. Will it be tough? Yes. But when the going gets tough the tough get going. Unless you are a liberal and then when the going gets tough you expect the tough to bail you out while you continue to whine.

Are we ready for a second Great Depression? How can people prepare?

If that's where this country is heading, let's hope it doesn't take another world war to get us out.

Lets talk about lowering some tax rates to spur business growth.

Hand outs aren't going to do anything but devalue our currency.

We can figure something out to help HONEST people getting screwed by the crisis, but we don't need these dramatic bailouts.. we don't need these scare tactics of the Republicans, and the Dems are just looking for a reason to get the Federal gov't into the financial system even more. Little does anyone realize this whole crisis was not caused by greed alone, but BY BAD POLICY SET IN WASHINGTON DC.

NO TO THE BAILOUT!!!

NO TO SOCIALISM!!!!

NO TO NATIONALIZING OUR PRIVATE BUSINESSES!!!!!

Fire everyone who voted against this bill!

The ones who voted against it are either worried about their reelection, or a simple minded c onservative who still believe we should put our social security on the stock exchange.

Why I support this bill?

Its the only way to fix an ven bigger problem. Do you want no loan for a home, no loan for your school, no loan for a car? if you dont need a loan for a new business, vote against it and watch America fall!

VOTE ALL REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE! THEY DESTROYED IT BY THEIR SIMPLE MINDED THINKING! THE SAME THINKING THAT MADE OUR MARKET CRASH IN 1929!!!

WOW. Those House Republicans better hope the market doesn't crash in the next month. They will lose their jobs for sure.

So, What does this mean for my 401k?

Is the stock market going to recover some day?

Cutting off our noses to spite our faces. Brilliant.

Things are mess all around. And I understand the reasoning behind the bailout – trying to stop more hard core bleeding in our economy. But putting ourselves more in debt is not that answer.

And John McCain will release an ad blaming Barack Obama for this failure.

what is wrong with you people – this will affect you too, eventually.

Good!! This bill lacks any teeth on executive salaries. They should write up a bill that has some real accountability. Anything that Bush approves of can't be good for the people of this country.

What a mess thanks bush! GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE AS PRESIDENT!

Wow, what a surprise. Guess maybe the experts and dems were right this time?

We're talking about lost jobs by the millions, no credit for anyone, no loans for anyone, bank failures daily, and people close to retirement can't because their nest eggs are gone.

ITS ABOUT TIME THAT THEY DON,T LET THE CROOKS OFF. HOLD STRONG AND MAKE THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES.. INSTEAD OF BAILING OUT THE CROOKS TAKE AWAY THE GOLDEN PARACHUTE MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS I NEED THE MONEY THE C. E. O. S. DON'T NEED IT.

McCain to the rescue! not. Wait where did he go? **crickets** (He wasn't even going to vote for the bill if his schedule didn't allow it.)

No Drama Queens Allowed in the White House. I think there is truth to people being an adult once and a child twice…

so now what?!

What a bunch of ideological idiots!!! Republicans would cut off their nose to spite their faces. They will be the absolute death of this country.

My husband and I pulled everything we had in the market upon hearing the news. This is BAD folks. I don't want a bailout either, but the alternative is MUCH worse.

House republicans are putting politics first. Nobody likes this but things will get worse if nothing is done.

The house republicans are still holding out to double down on failed Bush policies. They want to deregulate even more, they want to lower capital gains tax even more, they want more tax breaks for these failed companies.

America throw these bums out. Trickle down economics is dead.

JOHN MCCAIN SAID TODAY HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THIS THING WORKED OUT, THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T PHONE IN BUT WENT TO WASHINGTON. FACT. JOHN MCCAIN USED THIS BAILOUT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES AND IT HAS FAILED. LOL.

????? Okay, what happens if the bill fails……….. all of us will feel it right…… how can Republicans blame Dems when we all know that Repubs were against it………………

THIS IS TRULY SAD………. I MEAN NO ONE LIKED THE FACT THAT WE (AMERICANS) HAD TO BAIL OUT THE FINANCIAL MAKRETS BUT MOST OF US UNDERSTOOD WHY IT HAD TO HAPPEN………

Thank that gods! Let them fail. The fools that created this mess believe in the free market then scream for socialism when the market doesn't play out in their favor. Too bad!

Did anyone else notice the very dark storm clouds above the Capital building during the vote? It is indeed a very dark day for The United States of America.

So, what was the point of McCain coming to Capitol Hill? Looks like a colossal failure on McCain's part to keep his House allies in line. With the House R's still in revolt, and McCain claiming this weekend he was in DC to make sure their voice was heard at the White House meeting and on the Senate side, this looks like a huge failure of leadership. McCain should be roasted for this – what a joke his supposed 'campaign suspension' was.

That is the best thing for the American people. It is too much money floating around in America. Just listen to CNN, there is a lot people calling and sending messages asking what to do with all of that old money they been holding on to. There is nothing wrong with this economy because there are too many people with money in America. All the way from the olden days, if they apply their money to the economy then everything well be O.K!

I am glad they kill this bill! Let see if today will be the end of the world.

and yet another failure for Bush

Going along for the ride

I am on the fence about the bailout, but this is the fault of the republicans who deregulated the markets. If we had oversight, predatory lending would not have occured and the economy would not be in shambles to the point where we need a bailout. The republicans say that wall street should pay the consequences for their actions. I agree that republicans should be held accountable because they allowed the deregulations of the markets that gave the opportunity for wall street to run wild. The republicans should share the consequences with wall street by voting them out come November.

congratulations, republicans. way to not come together to solve a problem.

Now what?

That's rich! Has she had a look at her running mate recently?

Good, I don't get a bail out on my student loan debts. Nothing, nada, zip. Why do we have to bail out those with money?

The mess will have to be fixed when Obama/Biden take office.

Okay ladies and gentelmen, now we have to ask ourselves. What good has McCain suspending his campaign done?

John McCain suspended his campaign to go and fix this. Before he got there, a deal was stated to be done and everything should be okay. After he arrives, all of a sudden, there was a "snag" with the House Republicans. These House Republicans are members of McCain's party "the Republicans". However, they were not big fans of his until recently.

John McCain has been in washington trying to get this agreed to since Wednesday. Barack Obama warned that going there will only cause problems. THE VOTE FAILS TODAY IN THE HOUSE. Who was wrong…who was right?

Obama/Biden

Brad Sherman, a Congressman from Sherman Oaks says that the bailout is like a thirsty man demanding water in the desert. When Congress gave him water, the man gave it back and said he wanted Perrier with lime. Congress gave him the Perrier, but kept the lime.

This deal could have been better if Congress had not rushed to implement it.

I"m so happy it did not go through, until we dot all the i's and cross the t's.

Obama/Biden 08

The conservatives that got us into this mess are willing to throw us into a depression to score political points. Yes, it was a bad bill, but the consequences are going to be a lot worse. Unbelievable.

Let 'em eat cake… My business will carry on and when the market bottoms, I can buy , buy, buy and make a fortune overnight
I'll then retire to a country that is not so polluted by fundamentalist nut-cases

I hope the GOPers are real proud of themselves. Everyone's 401k gets hit! We all go broke and these idiot GOP congress people are killing the bill presented by their president. Country 1st alright!

Honestly I don't agree with it…but I didn't vote for the GOP dummy in office right now either.

I wish John McCane hadn't inserted his campaign into this. It's now Republicans wanting a solution that will make McCain look like he influenced the bill, and democrats complaining about McCain meddling and delaying progress. What a pity?!!!!

The Democratic party clearly wants to delay this measure for political gain. They saw how McCain's poll numbers dropped as the crisis came to a head and how they rose again as compromise seemed evident on the horizon. So they want stall an agreement until after the election so they can gain the White House but at the cost of the economy. Thanks for nothing Dean, Pelosi and co.

They should look into how many Congress person's sold stocks on Friday and bought today.

Follow the money! Isn't that the first rule of investigations.

These people are idiots….let the economy sink even further into chaos…the Republicans will pay the price when they're just as unemployed and broke as everybody else….

shame on the republicans…

Nancy Pelosi has to go. She is weak and if McCain bcomes President we will need a strong Speaker to stand up to him.

YES, THANK GOD.

America = 1
Wall Street = 0

Oh happy day.

President Bush is a failure with no ability to build consensus / coalitions.

McCain had to stick his nose in the middle of this last week and screw it up!

Thanks a lot John.

You and your selfish political stunts have cost this country dearly.

What the HECK is going on here?????????????

I for one do not like the idea of bailing out Wall Street, but this is bigger than just Wall Street!! I am not an expert in economics

These jokers in Washington, and I mean all of them, including McCain an Obama are all a joke!!!!!

So much for putting partisan politicsset aside for the good of the country!!

Lets get a few things straight. Please stop repeating the lies from McLiar. Frank Raines was never an adviser of the Obama campaign — McLiar campaign lie. Jim Johnson was only recruited to sit on the VP vetting committee and was let go as soon as his connection to Fannie Mae was revealed. Rick Davis is a top McLiar adviser — has gotten $2.1 million from Fannie Mae up to last month. Phil Gramm (biggest culprit for bailout and made millions from it) was McLiar's economic adviser until a few months ago and continues to advise McLiar in the background. So please get the facts straight.

Shame. maybe they need mccain back on capital hill to get them on board. GOP hate this bill, and hated even more the earmarks that the DEMS wanted included i.e. 30% of profits to go to ACORN – the corrupt community group that has been proven to have done nothing. Also the same group that Obama worked for with Ayers and has endorsed Obama.

We are going into a Depression. Thanks a lot Republicans. It's like the first Depression all over again.

Attention John McCain!!! Please do not go back to Washington DC to try to "FIX" anything!!!

haha, isn't it time for all our leaders on both sides to admit that no one really knows what they're doing? Above all, even financial security, give me truth.

Thank you!!!!

Frankly we need to let some of these companies go down hard and have their CEOs try to get their golden parachutes from the remains of the company instead of our tax dollars. Then we help those who bought up the failing companies and give them a hand. Its Darwinian but its better than letting folks exercise their golden parachute clauses on our tax dollars.

may god bless the souls of the american people.

There goes the neighborhood

This is getting scary day by day!

wow. and thus marks the beginning of the end of modern conservatism and the Republican party as we know it. Better get your money out of the banks while you can folks.

Idk what to think about this. I hope everything is ok and it's no as dire as they make out. One way or the other, both presidential candidates agreed to it so it doesn't really change anything politically, atleast it shouldn't. The whole problem is the deregulation policy of the republicans and the hands off approad of their government letting the greedy rich get richer at anyone's expense. It's been unbelievable, and I'm glad Obama doesn't take money from lobbiests for this very reason!

Since they had an agreement last Thursday or Friday before McCain put his politics in the middle, I guess he can be thanked for this. Bush and McCain better get their party on board to help clean up their mess!!!!!

Where is the Super Maverick and his side kick girl? I don't see him taking credit now…. This bill was nothing more than American tax dolloars bailing out the world!

YEESSSSSS

9 houses and 13 cars

on this high holy day, "oy!" seems an appropriate response!

I have never been more PROUD to be apart of the democratic process!!!!! I am glad to see our voices are heard in Congress!!! Congrats to every man and woman who wrote, called or emial their congressman…..this victory is yours!!!

I am for the Bail out in some ways.. but not like it is right now. They need to work on it alot more.
I agree with Obama… they need more to this Bailout that is going to protect US Americans from Forclosures and losing our homes in Bankruptcy.
No money going to CEOs and the people who have money already. They need to cut their salaries with this Bailout!! I dont think that is so terrible given at least they will still have an income of some sort and their Company VS No Company!!
I think we also need to do something about the Gas Shortages. People cannot even work in some states due to no transportation to get to work and make a living!!
I do believe this bailout will help these companies with MONITORING (needs to be added TOO)… to help keep borrowing with US going. I was working on purchasing a home next year. And now I cannot.
Companies are not giving loans. People with 700+ credit ratings and 20% down are being rejected!! Companies are getting really selective and holding onto whatever money they have now. With the Bailout, lending will go on again. I am sure there will still be some more stricter guidelines in the future on lending… but it shouldnt be that strict!!
And sad but true… this will be some political ploy made in politics soon. I believe they are playing games with it. Its a shame. We need this, we just need it to be better than it is. I understand we are running out of time and there are alot of specifics and detail that has to go into this for law sake. But it needs to be done and quickly!!
Stocks just went down another 600+ points today in the fear of it now being pased… and it wasnt pased… so now what???

Osama Bin Laden's intention on 911 was to destroy our economic structure. Plan well executed.

Thanks to John McCain and his experience.

I bet bush, mccain and their cronies are panicking. Whose gonna bail out their wall street buddies?

I have never been more PROUD to be apart of the democratic process!!!!! I am glad to see our voices are heard in Congress!!! Congrats to every mean and woman who wrote, called or emial their congressman…..this victory is yours!!!

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Republicans were trying to throw in policies that allowed rich people to get more tax breaks, thus placing the burden on all of the rest of us to pay out huge severance packages to the failed CEO's of the McCain team. McCain, the problem to all of our solutions!

I'm sure McSame will come back on his white horse and tell his friends to vote to continue deregulation (look below and read if you don't believe).

1. 1982: Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act
2. 1987: Keating Five
3. 1999: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
4. 2000: Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which led to the rise of Credit Default Swaps

The common thread? John McCain was involved in all of them.
This mess goes clear back to the 1980s, folks. It flared up a few times, but has now become volcanic. It can no longer be ignored, hence our current situation.

Paulson and Bernacke are crooks.

House Republicans don't want to clean up their own mess. Pathetic.

The Republicans are just playing polictics.

YES…GOOD DECISION

Never doubt the ability of congress to make a horrible situation ever worse.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH CONGRESS??????!

Good. This is not the solution.

my poor 401k

Obama Biden 08! because this should never happen again!

One word for ya'll – DEPRESSION! Start pulling out your money from the banks and stuffing your mattresses!

I'd love to know who. My suspicion is it's Republicans in deeply Red states, and/or ones who are not up for re-election in a month.