Senate Blantantly Ignores Constiuents By Passing Bailout Bill

In a historic vote yesterday, the Senate passed the bailout bill with an overwhelming majority of 75 to 24. This passing occurred even with unprecendented outcry from Americans against the bill.

As I watched the hearings, I heard repeatedly about how "angry" the Senators were to "have to" vote for this bill. My own Senators, Boxer and Feinstein, also consented that they would support the bill, Feinstein going all the way as to saying she knew "better" than the nearly 90 thousand constitiuents that contacted her office against the bill.

So much for "representation" in our Government.

The bill passed by the Senate has more than 300 pages of earmarks, yet both Presidential candidates voted for it.

So much for reducing Government spending and keeping watch over our children's futures.

The bill passed by the Senate rewards companies that have mismanaged (criminally in my opionion) billions of dollars of wealth by repairing their balance sheets and allowing them to continue to be in business.

So much for accountability in our corporations.

The bill passed by the Senate gives American tax payer money to foreign banks and entities.

So much for bailing out Main Street.

And yet it passed with a landslide majority. Here's a tinyURL link to the roll call vote so you can see how YOUR Senators voted:

http://tiny.cc/9FN1q

The bill will return to the House where it is expected to pass according to the mainstream media. Oh really?! Not if America has anything to do with it.

At this point, we must contact every House Rep that previously voted against the bill - we must encourage them to stand strong with their no vote. Most of these Representatives are in tight re-election races back home and we need to let them know they are doing the right thing to resist the temptation to pass this bill. Remember, EVERY HOUSE MEMBER IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008.

Call every Rep that voted no - don't waste time with email as the email system has been limited in the past week to keep the system from crashing. You need to pick up the phone and call.

Here's the link to the House of Representatives contact list to find your Rep's contact #:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

And here's the link to the House roll call from the previous vote:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml

Don't delay - time is of the essence!

And if you need further convincing that this bill is bad for our country, I urge you to read up on some of the top economists in our nation commenting on what will work and what won't. I've been following Nouriel Roubini of New York University and he has many pages on the web explaining why this bill is flawed. Read one of the articles by following this tinyURL:

http://tiny.cc/LHd1n

This is a bad bill for our nation and for our future and it must be stopped.

-- Kristin