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House Passes Bailout Bill

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October 02, 2008

The House of Representatives today passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 by 263-171. Click here to read about the $110 billion in earmarks and sweeteners that were added by the Senate to the legislation. Here is what we said about the Senate vote and the House votes earlier this week.

Here is our statement about the bill and our analysis of the oversight provisions in the legislation.

Update 3:12pm - CNN has reported that the President has signed the bill

News stories on the House Vote:

Politico

The Hill

Associated Press

Washington Post

New York Times

Los Angeles Times

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