House has just started voting on the bail out

[TwixVoy]

Right now the yeas have it. Looks like it will pass.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This is a concurrence vote, not the final vote

but it will pass, narrowly I suspect (I hope) things are getting scary out there and this will lessen the scary part, not stop it

[thewiseguy]

3. I think they are voting on the actual bill?

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. No, this i motion to concur in Senate Amendments

I hate house procedure, it is arcane!

Basically it means they will agree on the senate version

Next comes the vote to suspend rules (no more debate)

And then comes the final vote

[girl gone mad]

9. I don't think it will lessen anything.

It's a Friedmanite helicopter designed to help the wealthy.

Dollars are being destroyed while we grow our debt. Americans will have to work even harder for fewer dollars as foreign interests sitting on massive US dollar holdings buy up our oil reserves, mineral rights, timber, farmland and viable companies for pennies on the dollar.

[thewiseguy]

2. It sure looks like it will pass

[bread_and_roses]

4. It shouldn't take long for the over-seers to placate their Corporate Masters

Now the next step is to ratchet up the prices at the Company Store to pay for their Masters bounty.

[HillRodWins]

5. If it Passes

It will be interesting to see how the Stock Market closes
today!

[MrCoffee]

6. REM was right...I do feel fine.

Huh. How about that?

[FraDon]

8. This is SUCH a stick-up ...

it just turns my stomach. 1:24P - mild fatuous applause: the CONCURRENT RESOLUTION just got enough votes to pass.

They've squandered their best chance in years.

[HillRodWins]

10. This isn't the end

They will be "sticking us up" again in a few months
you can bet on it!

[FraDon]

11. Round one (concur with Senate amendments) PASSES: 263-171

yeech

[girl gone mad]

12. You're right.

We had our chance here for real progressive reform.

Now we're saddled with even more debt which went only to help the wealthy at a time when we can least afford it.