Emergency Economic Relief

"[...] Lawmakers on both sides pointed to an outpouring of opposition from deeply hostile constituents just five weeks before every seat in the House was up for election as a fundamental reason that the measure was defeated." --The New York Times, Tuesday, 30 September 2008, Leaders Rebuffed in 228-205 Vote--Broad Public Anger Is Cited, written by Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn.

I thought about e-mailing my representative to get them to pass the plan. There are certain parts I'm not comfortable with, but a mediocre plan implemented in a timely manner is better than a perfect plan never implemented.

I feel guilty that I didn't write. Other people did, and I'll bet most of them know less than I do about the issue. They only heard about it on the television news, whereas I actually read about it. But they still determine policy because they wrote their letters.

Here are the voting results of the bill (H.R. 3997) so you can see how your representative voted.