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House Website Crumbles Under Weight of $700 Billion Bailout

By Ryan Singel, Kevin Poulsen, Sarah Lai Stirland, Kim Zetter, and David Kravets

Not only is the economy crashing, but so is part of the House of Representative's website.

The site's button -- " Write Your Representative" -- was bombarded by millions of constituents wanting to speak their mind about the stalled$700 billion Wall Street bailout.

A government official, Jeff Ventura, who runs the House.gov site, said millions of clicks on the feature might bring down the entire site.

Here's what the "Write Your Representative" button said when we clicked it:

See Also:

• House Members in Tight November Elections Scuttle Bailout
• Bailout Agreement Hits the Net -- Is This Transparency?
• Advocates Demand Congress Put Bailout Details on Internet
• Online Bailout Outrage Jumps to Streets, and Into Lawmakers' Inboxes
• Treasury Secretary's Bailout Request Compared To Spam Scam
• Bailout Process Will Test Prez Candidates' Transparency Pledges

Full post as published by Threat Level on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).