>The pressures those lawmakers faced was summed up by Rep. Don Young of Alaska, an 18-term lawmaker and the state's only representative in the House. Currently under an ethics cloud, Young voted no mostly because an overwhelming majority of the constituents who called his office were against the bailout.
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>Such a massive government takeover, he said, was a step toward socialism and a philosophical leap he could not make.

Just in case that anyone thought my frequent rants against the inquisition being taken as representative of religion were unsubstantiated... there it goes.

>http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080930/meltdown_tough_votes.html?.v=1

Even our rep Thelma Drake (R), for the first time, sent an email asking for opinion (one of our daughters is into this epistolary activity) instead of just responding. And she, too, voted against - never mind that she's otherwise always voting pro-corporate. This would have crossed the line.