It looks like this bill fails in the House. Who knows what happens next. The Dow is bouncing around, but doesn’t seem out of line given the drop it took a couple of weeks ago.
Republicans said no almost 2…
Entries from September 2008
So what’s Plan B?
September 29th, 2008 · 48 Comments
Tags: markets & money · national
The house votes totals - subject to change - 12:53 p.m.
September 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
YES
141 (D)
66 (R)
207
NO
94 (D)
132 (R)
226
There’s switching going on until the gavel falls.
Tags: markets & money · national
Bailout fails the initial House vote
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
The totals aren’t in yet, but there’s no way to make the numbers. The gavel isn’t down yet, though.
The Dow is now off more than 500 points.
Tags: markets & money
Watching the bailout vote in the House
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Why do I feel like we’ll need a bigger bucket even if this thing passes?
Tags: markets & money
The bottom line - what Mayor Jeff Speaker will pay
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Last year Speaker paid a total from all taxing bodies of $4,390.31 after the state tax credit on his house assessed at $278,200. This year, using the city’s estimate of 16.5082 per $1,000 in value after the same credit, Speaker…
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