Bailout Bill Has Not Passed!

Awesome news. I was ecstactically watching the vote live, and saw the no vote crawl up to beat this bill. By a very small margin, we the people, won this fight against corporations!
A great day for the people of America.

Holy crap! The way things were going when they first announced this bill, I thought it was guarenteed to pass with all the big names pushing it. But now the question on everyone's minds, what gets proposed next? How long before its implemented?

202 Yeah and 224 Nay according to Sky News

Democratic 136 yea and 94 nay

Republican 64 Yea and 130 Nay

DOW is down 6%

dow has gone down, 682 points.

lol there, cramer will be screaming tonight, lol

[edit on 9/29/2008 by andy1033]

I am amazed! Of course, they can still try to convince some to change their vote.

218 is the majority.

Woo-Hoo! I can't believe they did this!

According to Sky News they have a certain period of time to discuss/persuade on this before the Nay is accepted? Surely a vote is a vote?

reply to post by TheOracle


Are you sure about this? I mean this is great news!! But I would like to see a link or some other source that says this is true, and the Bill was voted down..

I honestly expected to wake up this morning, get on ATS, and Find.
BILL passed!!!
Hmmm this is an unforseen event. Can it be true?

[edit on 29-9-2008 by zysin5]

It's live on CSpan, MSNBC, etc.

Well where I am, I'm watching www.Skynews.com - Surely all news channels are showing this?

but the DOW fall can be seen at

www.bloomberg.com...

207-226 final vote on CSPAN! I'm dancing for joy here! (And if any of you have ever seen a redneck dance, you know how scary that is )

I don't think we have to worry about vote changes. that's a 19 vote spread, and those opposed to the bill were pretty adamant. Bye-bye financial markets, it's been lousy knowin' ya!

TheRedneck

grrr, typed the vote wrong....


[edit on 29-9-2008 by TheRedneck]

So can they bring it to a vote again, and how long will that take. Anyone in government know?

reply to post by Maya00a


and here as well

finance.yahoo.com...

Source

Here's a link from MSNBC on the rejection of the bill by the House.

Watching CSPAN now, the vote is still open as proponents of the bill are attempting to get 11 to change their vote from no to yes. This is the same tactic used back in the Medicare drug bill passage... it initially didn't pass, and the republicans kept the vote open to convince no voters to change their vote.

It's not over yet.

How long can they keep the vote open?

The bill has failed (but they can call it back up)

R Yea - 141 - Nay - 94 (3:2 For)

D Yea - 66 - Nay - 132 (2:1 Against)

[edit on 29-9-2008 by Benevolent Heretic]

Motion to reconsider put forward.

I think they closed it.. it failed.

Now Wall St can dig themselves out.

I know it wont be easy for us, but somehow I feel better.

Oops Im wrong.. theyre voting again?

reply to post by SkepticOverlord

You just don't want to watch me dance SO.

Seriously, I listened to the entire debate (all 4 hours of it!) and I didn't hear anyone who seemed to have an open mind. I don't think they'll be able to pull this one out at the whistle.

CNN commentators (for what they're worth) are now saying it's over as well.

TheRedneck

On motion to suspend the rules and pass

= 308 yea and 3 nay

What does that mean? That they'll ignore the nay vote and pass it anyway?!

They have 2 minutes left.

Can someone explain what this might mean please. Thanks