Joining 40 percent of Democrats, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-KY3, voted against the $700 billion emergency bailout, which failed to pass the House today in a 228-205 vote.
This is an unusual vote against party lines for Yarmuth, who votes with Democrats 97.7% of the time. However, as national media outlets pointed out, the bailout bill faced bi-partisan opposition inlcuding more than two-thirds of House Republicans.
Stuart Perelmuter, Yarmuth’s press secretary, was unavailable for comment.
Meanwhile, the Dow fell more than 700 points. (PB)
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And Yarmuth made the right decision. Dow back up 400pts by 2pm, and a few of the 5% who never had a mortgage worry the past two years suddenly needed more Ambian to get a night of sleep. Well done, John.
What kind of name did Nancy Pelosi call John?
Who cares? Pelosi is as ineffective as the rest of them.
He voted against the first bill. But, he cosponsored and voted for a bailout bill:
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1424
Which included TITLE I–TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM (TARP)
You did well on this one Mr. Yarmuth.