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</p> After Gustav swept through Louisiana just before the states original September primary date, Gov.
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</p> After Gustav swept through Louisiana just before the states original September primary date, Gov.
</p> I did very well, Halvorson says.
</p> Referring to the number of votes shy the bill was on Monday, Shays, who voted for that bill, said, I mean, its only 12 votes.
unpopular bill weeks before an election.
</p> The House on Monday fell 12 votes shy of passing a proposal to provide the $700 billion, and earlier Tuesday, it was expected that the House might take up the bill again, with some possible changes
. </p> Some Democrats are already putting forward alternative plans. </p> Rep.
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Tuesday evening set the stage procedurally for the Senate to go first and take up the bill tonight.
</p> Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who was also in the meeting with Reid, said participants worked through several options to get the bill passed but nothing has been decided yet.
</p> Reid on Tuesday did not say when the Senate would move to the bailout bill or what it might look like in order to attract more support from House Republicans, stating only that a vote will happen
The path forward remains unclear, but House backers and critics of the $700 billion bailout bill that failed to pass Monday are signaling hope for a new deal by the weeks end.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Financial services groups taking the lead to help revive the once-failed bill have been dialing onto calls with White House officials, working to retool their grass-roots efforts and trying
</p> Prosecutor Nick Marsh said Tuesday that the government has eight witnesses remaining.
</p> With the fate of the economic recovery bill uncertain, playing the message card was the obvious choice for both leadership teams Tuesday, lawmakers and leadership aides said. </p> Sen.
, Alaska, home from the now-defunct VECO oil services firm and its executive Bill Allen.
Monday afternoon which may help to explain why the most vulnerable House incumbents, by and large, voted against the bill.
The financial bailout bill and the publics overwhelming interest in it may have lasting effects on the number of people who visit House Web sites and how the chamber handles that Web traffic.
, Alaska, home from the now-defunct VECO oil services firm and former Chief Executive Officer Bill Allen.
After all, it was clear that if the bill, whatever its flaws, went down, the reaction in markets at home and abroad would be devastating.
. </p> The agency did not refer any matters to the Department of Justice.