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Republicans and Democrats Angry Over Bailout

By Mark H. Astarita, Esq.

With Bernanke and Paulson speaking today, there is quite a bit of news out there about the bailout, and it seems pretty clear that some members of Congress are pretty angry with the proposal to allow the executive branch of government to use $700 billion to maybe, bolster the economy.The AP story Bailout plan draws bipartisan anger at Capitol has a bunch of great quotes by a number of Republicans and Democrats, all of whom are against the bailout, and at least one who gets the constitutional issue that so many legal bloggers have been discusing.Quoting Senator Dodd, the head of the Senate Banking CommitteeDodd and others indicated that the stakes are too high for Congress not to act, but they made clear they would insist on changes in the administration's weekend changes...continue to full post

Full post as published by SECLaw.com on September 23, 2008 (boomark / email).